Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
www.motherjones.com
The designation, pushed by right-wing think tank ALEC, allows fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding.
  • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    1 day ago

    So they can suddenly compete for green energy funding by simply changing the categorization of fossil fuels, but if a male starts to identify as female or vice versa, they shit a brick.

    The list of stupid propaganda conservatives will fall for never seems to end.

  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
    5·
    1 day ago

    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ace3db

    at 2% leakage rates, NG is as impactful in GHGs as coal when scrubbed at moderate efficiency for SO2. Most (by small margin) coal generators use scrubbers.

    US “upstream” (wells + pipelines) infrastructure leaks more than 1%, and combustion/valves/compressors, and just satellite measurements of upstream infrastructure measures at least 2% accross US.

    LNG exports to Europe (less than Asia due to shorter distance) adds 40%+ to emissions just from liquefaction process, with more energy/leakage from defrosting and local pipelines, relative to domestic coal alternatives. Specialized ship building and LNG plant construction also means more emmissions in related infrastructure.

    NG does make far less local air pollution, mostly because SO2 scrubbers suck, but NG is not green energy, and its emissions are not properly accounted for.