China's synthetic natural gas revolution
Abstract
China has recently pushed for investments in large-scale coal-fuelled synthetic natural gas plants. The associated carbon emissions, water needs and wider environmental impacts are, however, mostly neglected and could lock the country into an unsustainable development path.
- Publication:
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Nature Climate Change
- Pub Date:
- October 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nclimate1988
- Bibcode:
- 2013NatCC...3..852Y