A new study shows that programs to increase the energy efficiency of our homes and businesses remain even cheaper than natural gas, demonstrating once again that this abundant energy “resource” is the most cost-effective path to a cleaner future.
Editor’s note: By the excellent Joe Romm of Climate Progress, here’s more on why natural gas is not included as cleantech in CleanTechnica’s book, and is even much worse than hyped by the natural gas industry, politicians on both sides of the aisle, and even the EPA: A major new study … [continued]
Natural gas pipeline leaks are the largest source of methane emissions in the US. Researchers and utilities are using new methane emissions detection and analysis devices from Santa Clara–based Picarro to realize dramatic improvements in their ability to detect, analyze and respond. […]
Below is another great post by David Roberts of Grist that I thought I should share in full here on CleanTechnica. It’s about a wonderful study on the energy transition we need in order to really protect ourselves from the catastrophic effects of considerable global warming. Note that the study … [continued]
Natural gas is considered an important part of the energy mix by many on the right and left because it can not only provide baseload power (generate a consistent amount of electricity reliably all the time), but natural gas can be used to fuel peaking and backup power plants which can be started quickly enough to backup malfunctioned power plants and avoid long blackouts in the event of a power shortage.
