Natural Gas and Its Effects on Climate Change

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Natural Gas and Its Effects on Climate Change

M.I.T.’s new study forecasting a doubling of natural gas consumption in the United States over the next few decades revives the old “good news, bad news” paradox, and this time with enormous implications for our global climate.

The good news is that the resource is readily available, is less polluting than other power plant fuels, especially coal, and may be a real boon to the transportation sector. But the bad news out of Cambridge is that combustion of natural gas also yields huge amounts of greenhouse gases, further worsening global warming, pushing the planet past tipping points toward the worst effects of global climate change.

Additionally, significant amounts of methane,