MIT Says Natural Gas Best To Lower Carbon Emissions

eldavojohn writes "This week MIT released a comprehensive, hundred-page report entitled 'The Future of Natural Gas' that outlined the many scenarios the United States faces when aiming to reduce carbon emissions. From the New York Times recap: 'The scenario goes like this, according to MIT: Nuclear power, renewable energy, and carbon capture and sequestration are relatively expensive next to gas. Conventional coal is no longer a major source of power generation in the United States. "Natural gas is the substantial winner in the electric sector: The substitution effect, mainly gas generation for coal generation, outweighs the demand reduction effect."' Will this urging help to produce a policy shift from renewable energy (like wind) to natural gas for the United States?"

Comments

Re:Carbon to Hydrogen Ratio

[Convector]

Actually, straight hydrogen gas (H2) has the smallest ratio of carbon to hydrogen at 0 carbons per 2 hydrogens. But it's not as readily available, harder to store and transport. So the next most efficient option, methane, is a more reasonable choice.

Re:CO2 not a pollutant, NG has more greenhouse eff

[Snowhare]

Water isn't a pollutant. That doesn't mean you can't drown in it.