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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

In reverse order:

1 - it needs to be tranported

2 - it needs to compressed and cooled, in order to transport it. You need to cool it down around 1700 degrees, because:

3 - methane pyrolysis is done at around 1500 degrees C, getting something that hot isn’t free.

4 - methane isn’t the only component in natural gas, so you need to seperate out all the impurities.

5 - methane is a very strong contributor to global warming, so any natural gas leak from the drill to the factory adds co2equivalent.

6 - you need to extract natural gas from the ground and transport it, which takes energy.

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