Natural gas to the rescue?
Yesterday, Adam Stein posted: Natural Gas to the Rescue – ” A low-carbon fossil fuel may hold the key to weaning ourselves from coal ” . The blog posting emphasizes the using natural gas as a low-carbon bridge from dirty coal to cleaner power.
Interesting points about natural gas coming to the rescue:
- gas-fired power plants emit on average 37% less CO2 than coal-fired plants
- the U.S has more gas-fired generating capacity than coal-fired
- if we doubled our utilization of existing gas-fired power plants and burned correspondingly less coal, the country would emit roughly 330 million fewer tons of CO2 per year (or a reduction +5% of all US net emissions)
- gas-powered plants are on average 37% more efficient than coal-fired plants
- Greenpeace is on board with using natural gas as a low-carbon solution to move away from using coal
C.Keddy
Short URL: http://naturalgasforamerica.com/?p=394
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on June 6th, 2009. Filed under Environment, Natural Gas.
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