> The pause on new terminal permits was based on a single study authored by a self-described biogeochemist and environmental scientist who claimed in a study that LNG is more harmful to the Earth’s atmosphere than coal. Now, the Department of Energy has concluded, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, that a boost in U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas would have a negligible effect on global emissions of greenhouse gases, where negligible means a maximum increase in emissions of 0.05%.
> Per the Department of Energy, “The ultimate global GHG consequences of U.S. LNG exports depend on market effects such as changes in energy demand and the sources used to meet that demand for electricity and other uses of natural gas.” The assumption before the study was that the more U.S. LNG flows into global markets, the higher the emissions would climb. However, the assumption appears to be wrong, according to the DoE study. This is because most of the gas that the U.S. is expected to export in the future would not be used to replace lower-carbon generation but simply new gas-fired generation responding to greater energy demand.
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> The pause on new terminal permits was based on a single study authored by a self-described biogeochemist and environmental scientist who claimed in a study that LNG is more harmful to the Earth’s atmosphere than coal. Now, the Department of Energy has concluded, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, that a boost in U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas would have a negligible effect on global emissions of greenhouse gases, where negligible means a maximum increase in emissions of 0.05%.
> Per the Department of Energy, “The ultimate global GHG consequences of U.S. LNG exports depend on market effects such as changes in energy demand and the sources used to meet that demand for electricity and other uses of natural gas.” The assumption before the study was that the more U.S. LNG flows into global markets, the higher the emissions would climb. However, the assumption appears to be wrong, according to the DoE study. This is because most of the gas that the U.S. is expected to export in the future would not be used to replace lower-carbon generation but simply new gas-fired generation responding to greater energy demand.
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