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Friday, April 13, 2012

Natural Gas is a Bridge To Nowhere

Natural Gas is a Bridge To Nowhere

Zachary Shahan, CleanTechnica
It is often argued that natural gas is an important bridge to a completely renewable energy economy. I have bought into that a bit, but some recent studies have really made the case for natural gas questionable, at best. One of those studies is linked above, and another is a new one published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled "Greater Focus Needed on Methane Leakage from Natural Gas Infrastructure" that finds that current methane leaks are higher than thought and largely or even completely undercut the climate benefits of switching from...

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