https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-022-01060-3
"Whether additional natural gas infrastructure is needed or would be
detrimental to achieving climate protection goals is currently highly
controversial. Here we combine five perspectives to argue why expansion of the
natural gas infrastructure hinders a renewable energy future and is no bridge
technology. We highlight that natural gas is a fossil fuel with a significantly
underestimated climate impact that hinders decarbonization through carbon
lock-in and stranded assets. We propose five ways to avoid common shortcomings
for countries that are developing strategies for greenhouse gas reduction:
manage methane emissions of the entire natural gas value chain, revise
assumptions of scenario analyses with new research insights on greenhouse gas
emissions related to natural gas, replace the ‘bridge’ narrative with
unambiguous decarbonization criteria, avoid additional natural gas lock-ins and
methane leakage, and take climate-related risks in energy infrastructure
planning seriously."
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics