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Re:Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to ... by DarmokJalad1701 on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:37AM (#21116483)
> Just switching from coal to natural gas reduces CO2 per kWh generated by 50%.

At the cost of increased methane emissions due to leakages from natural gas infrastructure that makes it far worse than coal since methane is a much more potent GHG.

Sources:

https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/natural-gas-industry-has-methan...

https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fu...

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Re:Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to ... by api on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:32PM (#21118317)
Point taken, but my main point is about people harping on activities that account for only a few percent while not even mentioning activities that account for large double digit percentages of emissions. To lead with air travel while not even mentioning coal is bizarre.
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