LimpRimble@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoClimate goals could make gas heating obsolete. So why do gas companies keep adding customers? Building more gas infrastructure is like investing in video rental stores 15 years ago, says expertwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down14
arrow-up1226arrow-down1external-linkClimate goals could make gas heating obsolete. So why do gas companies keep adding customers? Building more gas infrastructure is like investing in video rental stores 15 years ago, says expertwww.cbc.caLimpRimble@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIt doesn’t have a negative climate impact if the source is renewables. That’s the point. Its basically free gas. Solar energy doesn’t run at night. Wind doesn’t always run. Hydro doesn’t work during droughts. This is a battery that solvers these issues.
minus-squaresaigot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIf you take co2 and convert it to methane and then release that methane you are increasing the impact of that co2 by 6x.
It doesn’t have a negative climate impact if the source is renewables. That’s the point. Its basically free gas.
Solar energy doesn’t run at night. Wind doesn’t always run. Hydro doesn’t work during droughts.
This is a battery that solvers these issues.
If you take co2 and convert it to methane and then release that methane you are increasing the impact of that co2 by 6x.