http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/06/07/natural-gas/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/06/07/natural-gas/#comment-79307 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:52:23 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=11313#comment-79307 Two important factors about LNG, is that it is gas that is often recovered from flaring, i.e, it comes out from an oil well and would otherwise be burnt off. So there LNG is actually much more sustainable. Check out the satellite at night maps which show the massive flaring of gas from oil production off Nigeria for example, Without LNG exports, that gas is burnt anyway, truly a waste. LNG now gives such flaring (Indonesia and Algeria founded LNG industries based on avoiding flaring) a market.
The other thing is that LNG tankers fuel themselves from siphoning off parts of the cargo they are carrying.

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/06/07/natural-gas/#comment-79303 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:18:51 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=11313#comment-79303 Another factor regarding LNG is cost. South Korea went with nuclear energy in the 90′s because the life cycle cost of LNG was higher. Switching to LNG would raise energy prices and provide opportunities for alternative energy sources.

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