L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoDemand for gas down 7% as wind energy increaseswww.rte.ieexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkDemand for gas down 7% as wind energy increaseswww.rte.ieL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskyfaller@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThis is false. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 in the short term, and “natural gas” is just methane. When it leaks, it’s very bad, and could be worse than coal. https://newrepublic.com/article/176605/natural-gas-way-worse-coal
minus-squarenivenkos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoBut the methane gets burned to CO2. Sure leaks are worse as a greenhouse gas, but then you’d need to count air pollution, radiation, water pollution, etc. from coal mining and burning too.
This is false. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 in the short term, and “natural gas” is just methane. When it leaks, it’s very bad, and could be worse than coal. https://newrepublic.com/article/176605/natural-gas-way-worse-coal
But the methane gets burned to CO2. Sure leaks are worse as a greenhouse gas, but then you’d need to count air pollution, radiation, water pollution, etc. from coal mining and burning too.