Shale Gas Could Help Curb US Greenhouse Emissions: Report
A new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says shale gas could help the US curb its greenhouse-gas emissions over the next 40 years.
“Much has been said about natural gas as a bridge to a low-carbon future, with little underlying analysis to back up this contention. The analysis in this study provides the confirmation – natural gas truly is a bridge to a low-carbon future,” said Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative, in a statement.
The sudden shale boom throughout the US has changed the energy picture for the country, the Christian Science Monitor writes, and could very well be the key – if used along side other natural resources such as wind and solar sources – to reducing greenhouse emissions by 2050.
While the report sheds a positive light on shale, Moniz emphasizes the word “bridge” in his above statement.
“In a carbon-constrained world, natural gas will become a larger part of the energy mix,” he says. But in the longer term, the US will need to shift to “essentially zero-carbon” sources, so “we better not get mesmerized by gas either.”
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on June 27th, 2010. Filed under Environment, Shale Gas.
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