TheDemonBuer , 4 months ago

It was a mistake to try and use natural gas as the “bridge fuel” in the energy transition. Sure, natural gas has half the carbon emissions of coal, but it releases methane. Plus, less coal burning means fewer sun reflecting aerosols in the atmosphere. That wouldn’t be a bad thing if we weren’t also pumping heating trapping gases into the atmosphere, but that’s exactly what we’re doing. Instead of replacing our coal power plants with natural gas plants, we should have replaced them with nuclear power plants.