cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13936985
Liquified natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal
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*Fossil gas
Natural gas is a term the industry invented to make it sound harmless.
The heavy metals in coal are the most concerning for me.
It hard to see this as anything other than a bad faith comparison.
- It compares trans-oceanic LNG vs. US domestic coal
- It makes a lot of assumptions about inefficient and leaky extraction, processing, and transport approaches
- It only considers CO2 and methane ignoring other ways that LNG is far cleaner than coal
It is important to consider the entire life cycle of LNG, but a more even-handed author would conclude we should address these inefficiencies (e.g. via regulation), rather than fixating on promoting coal.
Direct link to paper: https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ese3.1934
