Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds | Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal

@schizoidman@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds | Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal

Rhaedas · 2 months ago

I believe the biggest source of emissions for nuclear actually come from the construction phase, so getting past that, maybe. Still would be preferable to also reduce energy use so that the “better” source can be spread more efficiently.

partial_accumen · 2 months ago

I believe the biggest source of emissions for nuclear actually come from the construction phase,

While construction would be huge for emissions, I would guess the most emissions would come from the mining, transport, refinement, and disposal efforts for the fuel on an ongoing basis.

Rhaedas · 2 months ago

There’s emissions for any activity, but the nuclear fuel cycle seems pretty spread out to suggest it’s anything comparable to what the fossil fuel chain of fueling is like.