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| Author: | Wilson, D. |
| Title: | Quantifying and comparing fuel-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions: coal, oil and natural gas consumption. |
| Journal: | Energy Policy
1990 : JUL-AUG, VOL. 18:6, p. 550-562 |
| Index terms: | FUEL SUPPLIES POLLUTION CONTROL PRODUCTION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The greenhouse impacts of coal, oil and natural gas are compared. Emissions from the complete fuel-cycles for each of the fuels are included. Methane and nitrous oxide as well as carbon dioxide emissions are addressed. Both the near- and long-term carbon-dioxide-equivalent greenhouse-forcing effects resulting from consuming one megajoule of each fuel are evaluated. Natural-gas exploitation is less offensive from a greenhouse perspective than either coal or oil exploitation compared on a per megajoule basis in both time-frames. The greenhouse forcing caused by fossil-fuel based electricity/heat systems using a variety of technologies is compared on a per kilowatt hour basis. |
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