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> Zero carbon impact because it started out as atmospheric CO2. How about leaks? Isn't methane a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2?
by dotancohen 2y ago
> Zero carbon impact because it started out as atmospheric CO2.
How about leaks? Isn't methane a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2?
- dredmorbius 2y agoA principle source of methane leakage is from gas wells themselves, as well as the extensive infrastructure involved in processing and transporting gas from its point of extraction to usage. <https://www.epa.gov/natural-gas-star-program/primary-sources-methane-emissions https://www.epa.gov/natural-gas-star-program/primary-sources...> In situ / on-prem methane production, storage, and usage would tend to minimise much of that. Further, I don't see methane synthesis as a likely option for synfuel storage applications as described here, as heavier fuels (~C-12 -- C-15 chain-length kerosene) is liquid (far easier to handle than a gas), nonvolatile (as contrasted with petroleum or lighter hydrocarbon distillates), and can be stored in simple, unpressurised, unrefrigerated tanks virtually indefinitely. You're creating a problem which needn't exist.