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by trophycase 3078 days ago
Yes, actually. It looks like the increase in petroleum and gas in the last 5 years is more or less nullified by the drop in coal, while renewables is steadily increasing. What do you see?
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I see that the drop off in coal is masking the growth in other fossil fuel sources. It should be renewables that take the place of coal, not natural gas and petroleum.
Natural gas is ~1/2 as carbon intense as coal. It's a good thing when it displaces coal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_intensity#Published_d...

Of course renewables are much lower, as that table shows. But meeting current demand with new natural gas generation is still a big improvement over old coal generation.

I don't disagree, but it does mean that the original claim is accurate.