• tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz
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    “It burns clean.” - I’ve been told this so many times by people who watch fox news. But that is where their knowledge stops. You tell them burning it still releases carbon into the air, and they have nothing else to say

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      Burning anything is never clean. I have heard the “it burns clean” so many times.

      From what I read in the article, its true that natural gas burns with fewer CO2 emissions than coal or oil. However, over a 20 year timeframe natural gas production, distribution, and consumption produces more methane than than either oil or coal. Since methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas, the increased emission of it, surpasses any benefit from fewer CO2 emissions.

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    larger amounts of methane released during the process.

    Methane is much worse for climate.

    Makes sense.

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    What would be an alliterative version of the “Clean Coal” BS?

    • Green Gas
    • Gold Gas
    • Natural Gas (ok, but it’s just there)