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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Why natural gas isn't considered green?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Because burning it (mostly methane) creates/releases greenhouse emissions such as CO2 and N2O.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fun fact: 'natural gas' is a filthy greenwash corporate psiop.

Anything can be a gas naturally.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Nothing beats organic grain-fed coal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I understand it as it's not a byproduct of anything and it exists in this form in the nature

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

If you squint hard enough, theoretically any unnatural product could be heated to the point where it is in it's natural gaseous state.

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