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Duke study finds China’s synthetic natural gas plants will have heavy environmental toll; 2x vehicle GHG if used for fuel

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They] will lock in high greenhouse gas emissions, water use and mercury pollution for decades. If the synthetic natural gas made by the plants were used to fuel vehicles, the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions would be twice as large as from gasoline-fueled vehicles. —Robert B. —Chi-Jen Yang. Chi-Jen Yang, Robert B.

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