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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 11 hours ago

Why smart people believe the myth that natural gas is clean / How the gas industry turned a half-truth into one of the most successful PR campaigns in fossil fuel history.

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Why smart people believe the myth that natural gas is clean / How the gas industry turned a half-truth into one of the most successful PR campaigns in fossil fuel history.

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    TIL people think natural gas is clean energy.

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      I’ve never heard smart people say it’s clean. I’ve only heard smart people say it’s the cleanest fossil fuel… but not clean.

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      But it’s natural.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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        Does it have electrolytes?

    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      The word ‘natural’ in natural gas does some heavy lifting there. If you sold diesel as “green diesel”, people would buy it

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      Cleaner then coal yes.

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