North America
May 13, 2024
Fossil Fuels | Natural Gas
Visual Primer Series
Visual Primer: Natural Gas Ten Years Later – A Long Bridge to Clean Energy
Ten years after being famously called a “bridge to nowhere,” natural gas consumption is at an all time high as it continues to replace coal and balance the grid.
The notion that natural gas serves as a transition fuel to a low-carbon future has been challenged by a number of studies indicating that emissions of methane, the primary component of natural gas, significantly contributes to global warming. Methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat in the atmosphere over a 20-year period.
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