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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com)

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[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Natural gas is a dirty fucking lie. Leaked methane from natural gas extraction and transportation is orders of magnitude worse for the environment than carbon dioxide in the short term (20-year to 100-year horizon).

It's technically better past that, but by that point we'll all be dead or underwater anyway.

[–] CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

It also breaks down to CO2 after, right? A small amount but still.