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Does using electricity from the grid in the U.S. result in more greenhouse gas emissions than using propane?
A recent opinion piece, Why the EPA shouldn’t favor school bus electrification, makes the following claim (link in original):
At last check, the average carbon intensity of the U.S. electric grid was ...
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Will SpaceX's fleet of rockets triple the entire United States demand for methane/natural gas?
According to Energy Consulting Group's "SpaceX's Starship May Nearly Triple US Natural Gas Demand" page,
Our analysis indicates that a fully configured Starship launch (booster and Starship)...
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At the current rate are we going run out of fossil fuels by 2060?
British energy company Octopus Energy claims on their blog:
If we keep burning fossil fuels at our current rate, it is generally estimated that all our fossil fuels will be depleted by 2060.
This ...
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Are home owners required by law to connect gas in Victoria, Australia?
The One Step Off The Grid website claims that home owners in Victoria are required to connect to the gas network. It does not give an easy way to verify this claim.
Did you know Victoria’s building ...
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Are electric cars better for the environment than internal-combustion cars? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does a car with a hybrid engine and Lithium batteries pollute more than a car with conventional technology?
We hear a lot about electric cars being the future. But we also ...
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