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Another 24 new licences to drill for oil & gas in the North Sea means yet more doubling down on the fossil fuel economy, fuelling the
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& shredding what remains of the UK's reputation on climate action
Utterly shameful
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/CarolineLucas/status/1752705566936535514#m
[2024-01-31 14:49 UTC]
@CarolineLucas
Graham Stuarts quoting that North Sea gas is 4 times less carbon intensive than imported gas is fundamentally wrong.
The number refers to extraction emissions only. If you run the numbers then at best North Sea gas reduces total emissions from a boe (barrel of oil equivalent) of gas by 10% compared to imported LNG.
https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/the-move-to-net-zero/net-zero-benchmarking-and-analysis/natural-gas-carbon-footprint-analysis