Regardless of how we feel
about unconventional fossil fuels (for example, shale gas), we need chemists to inform decisions around their extraction and use.
Not exact matches
Two
fossil fuel facts define the basic actions that are required to preserve our planet's climate: (1) it is impractical to capture CO2 as it is emitted by vehicles (the mass of emitted CO2 is
about three times larger than the mass of
fuel in the tank), and (2) there is much more CO2 contained in coal and
unconventional fossil fuels than in oil and gas.
I interview the venerable Dr. James Hansen
about the dangers of tar sands,
unconventional fossil fuels, and how to solve the climate crisis.
He's talking
about the whole range of
fossil fuels — gas, oil, and coal, in both conventional and
unconventional forms.