Chart: Is LNG worse for the climate than coal?
www.canarymedia.com
Research suggests that liquefied natural gas can have a bigger emissions footprint than coal, undermining LNG's status as a "bridge fuel."

  • Yer Ma@lemm.ee
    171·
    11 months ago

    I think it’s super weird that we are suddenly even attempting to call LNG environmentally friendly, it has always been a mess

    • federalreverse-old@feddit.de
      10·
      11 months ago

      The one positive point is that methane-burning power plants can be spun up in under an hour whereas coal plants usually need a week to power up. If the vast majority of power comes from solar/wind/batteries and gas is only used as (secondary) backup, this may make sense.

      Fossil marketing pretty successfully tries to eradicate the caveats and nuances from the discussion of course.

      • Yer Ma@lemm.ee
        32·
        11 months ago

        Woah there, we say ‘differently formed babies’ now buddy

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 months ago

      I don’t think anyone was actually buying that right?

      The only people pushing for LNG were the oil companies selling it. Which, I mean, come on, we know better than to believe a word that comes from them.