Explore the key insights from the 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy in this article, focusing on the dynamics of natural gas production, consumption, and reserves.

In 2022, U.S. production grew by 3.6% to a new all-time high of 94.7 billion cubic feet per day.

When burned, that’s 60,000 tons CO2/day.

  • p1mrx@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    1 year ago

    A lot of it’s going to Europe as a replacement for Russian gas.

    The main problem is that everybody’s been switching from coal to gas instead of wind/solar/nuclear, as if drinking more water makes it ok to piss in the pool.

    • zephyreks@programming.dev
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wasn’t natural gas mostly used because coal was literally causing cancer and dog shit air quality everywhere?

      Also, natural gas is a pretty efficient source of heating as far as things go… At least until heat pumps got reliable enough to replace it.

      • p1mrx@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        Methane is certainly less bad than coal, but it still moves carbon from the ground to the air that we don’t know how to move back.