[brandmeyer]

People mean different things whey they talk about emissions. Shipping is particularly dirty because of the low-grade fuel that they've been using. Its very high in sulphur content, and typically contains a higher fraction of heavier compounds that don't burn as well.

So the ships produce more unburned hydrocarbons (smog precursors) and sulphur oxides (acid rain precursors).

So even if the total CO2 emissions are similar, the other toxics are still greatly reduced.

[tajen]

So... can we produce LNG without producing Diesel? I thought crude oil mandated the proportion, and it was a “good thing” that we found some opportunities to consume the Diesel part? We can’t convert the whole world to LNG because we’ll have way too much Diesel left.

[D_Alex]

We can produce natural gas, thence LNG, from natural gas reservoirs, which contain very little liquids. Eg. coal seam gas can be 95%+ methane, and essentially zero diesel.