Blog - MIT Study Sites Cheap Way to Cut Emissions

Blog - MIT Study Sites Cheap Way to Cut Emissions
from Technology Review: Q&A: Mark Little, Head of GE Global Research

Requiring utilities to use existing natural gas plants fully could markedly reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Today MIT unveiled a long-awaited report on natural gas, which considers how much there is, how it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and what environmental and technical problems need to be solved with further R&D. The findings aren't surprising. If carbon dioxide emissions are taxed or capped, it concludes, utilities will find natural gas far more attractive than coal, which emits roughly twice as much carbon dioxide.