Gas is dirty energy & may be dirtier than coal - Oz Labor’s "gas is clean energy" means Put Labor Last
12 June 2010, 09:13, by Dr Gideon Polya
See also an article by Kevin Bullis, “Natural gas may be worse for the planet than coal”, Technology Review.: http://www.technologyreview.com/blo... in which he links a further updated assessment by Professor Howarth that increases the GHG dirtiness of coal if you consider methane release associated with coal mining (see Professor Robert Howarth, “Preliminary assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas obtained by hydraulic fracturing”, Cornell University, 1 April 2010: http://www.technologyreview.com/blo... ). In this updated assessment Professor Howarth says “A compete consideration of all emissions from using natural gas seems likely to make natural gas far less attractive than oil and not significantly better than coal in terms of the consequences for global warming.”
See also an article by Kevin Bullis, “Natural gas may be worse for the planet than coal”, Technology Review.: http://www.technologyreview.com/blo... in which he links a further updated assessment by Professor Howarth that increases the GHG dirtiness of coal if you consider methane release associated with coal mining (see Professor Robert Howarth, “Preliminary assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas obtained by hydraulic fracturing”, Cornell University, 1 April 2010: http://www.technologyreview.com/blo... ). In this updated assessment Professor Howarth says “A compete consideration of all emissions from using natural gas seems likely to make natural gas far less attractive than oil and not significantly better than coal in terms of the consequences for global warming.”