Seeds for Brains,What sort of emissions does GTL produce? With...

Seeds for Brains,

What sort of emissions does GTL produce? With reference to your graph, if you had bothered to read the entire EPA report you will see that those figures are based on WTW calculations. By using UCG, LNC can do away with mining the coal, transporting the coal and then using energy intensive above ground gasifiers to gasify the coal. The methane that is contained in the coal seam is also used as part of the UCG process and not released to the atmosphere. Methane has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) 25 times worse than CO2. That is where the savings come in.