Study Finds Methane Leaks Negate Benefits of Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles 102
Lasrick writes "Coral Davenport at the NY Times reports on a study to be published on Friday: '...a surprising new report...concludes that switching buses and trucks from traditional diesel fuel to natural gas could actually harm the planet's climate.' The report apparently documents that the leaks of methane that occur when drilling for natural gas more than make up for the climate change benefits of using natural gas as a transportation fuel. The report will be published Friday in the journal Science."
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The title implies that we should abandon gas as an alternative to diesel/petrol.
This is done by falsely implying that pollution due to methane leaks are an inherit part of the drilling process.
Instead, what we should really do is improve the drilling techniques to avoid/minimize leakage.
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No. In order to say that, we need to know how feasible it is to reduce leakage. It's by no means certain it's easy or even possible.
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