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The molecules of natgas are physically reacted to make methanol, pyrolysis gasoline, butadiene, isobutene and MTBE[1], all of which are important precursors to
by OgsyedIE 2y ago
The molecules of natgas are physically reacted to make methanol, pyrolysis gasoline, butadiene, isobutene and MTBE[1], all of which are important precursors to thousands of product categories. Supposing that you have all of the electricity you want without natgas, where are you going to get the feedstock carbon for cracking?
[1] There are also many other natgas products but the five I've listed are about 98% of natgas chemical production.
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- SnorkelTan 2y agoSome stats I found with chat gpt: global oil production: 103.5 mbd (million barrels of oil) percentage not combusted: 15-20% natural gas: 4,400 bcm (billion cubic meters) percentage not combusted: 20-30% not combusted meaning used as an input in some other industrial process such as petrochemicals as you mentioned.
- Sabinus 2y agoDid you use chat gpt to find sources or did you have it generate those numbers? Because if it's the latter those numbers are worthless.
- SnorkelTan 2y agoIt searched the web and cited sources.
- margalabargala 2y agoThere's no need to open new natgas fields for chemical production. As electricity decarbonizes, there will be an oversupply of natgas from existing sources.