Natural Gas Helps US Reduce CO2 Emission

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Guy Chazan, Shale Gas Boom Leads to Sharp Drop in US Carbon Emission. Financial Times, May 24, 2012 (front page).

Quote:

(a) "The Shale gas boom in the US has led to a big drop in US carbon emissions, as generators switch from coal to cheap gas.

"According to International Energy Agency, US energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, fell by 450m tonnes over the past five years--the largest drp among the countries surveyed. * * * Gas is fast becoming the fuel of choice for US energy.

(b) "China's CO2 output increased 9.3 per cent last year, or by more than 700m tonnes. India overtook Russia to become the world's fourth-largest CO2 producer, after China, the US and the EU.

"While China pumps out more CO2 than any other country, its per capita emissions are only two-thirds of advanced countries.

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.