• Cloudless ☼@lemmy.cafe
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    7 months ago

    Any evidence to your claim?

    https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/natural-gas-and-the-environment.php

    Natural gas is a relatively clean burning fossil fuel

    Burning natural gas for energy results in fewer emissions of nearly all types of air pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2) than burning coal or petroleum products to produce an equal amount of energy. About 117 pounds of CO2 are produced per million British thermal units (MMBtu) equivalent of natural gas compared with more than 200 pounds of CO2 per MMBtu of coal and more than 160 pounds per MMBtu of distillate fuel oil. The clean burning properties of natural gas have contributed to increased natural gas use for electricity generation and as a transportation fuel for fleet vehicles in the United States.

    • Hjalmar@feddit.nu
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      7 months ago

      That’s the states for actually burned natural gas. Natural gas is basically methane and is therefore not too good for the climate when it leaks (which it does)