<story><title>40% of US electricity is now emissions-free</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/40-of-us-electricity-is-now-emissions-free/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zyl1n</author><text>What does natural gas have to do with greenwashing? It is naturally occurring gas; different from other hydrocarbon gas that is man-made.</text></item><item><author>globalnode</author><text>i agree, but i also dislike the term &amp;quot;natural gas&amp;quot; sure its natural just like everything in the universe is -- just a bit of greenwashing to go with our CO2 emissions</text></item><item><author>vinniepukh</author><text>I like the term “emissions-free”.&lt;p&gt;It keeps our eyes on the target - not emitting CO2 and other gasses to the atmosphere.&lt;p&gt;Other qualities like “renewablility” or “greenness” are cherries in the top. Nice to haves!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tadfisher</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s true, but the term itself is archaic; at the time (early 19th century) the most widespread gaseous fuel was coal gas, also known as &amp;quot;town gas&amp;quot; because we piped it to urban homes for lighting. There&amp;#x27;s not much need for the distinction anymore, plus &amp;quot;methane&amp;quot; aligns with the other trade names for other fossil gases (propane, butane).</text></comment>
<story><title>40% of US electricity is now emissions-free</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/40-of-us-electricity-is-now-emissions-free/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zyl1n</author><text>What does natural gas have to do with greenwashing? It is naturally occurring gas; different from other hydrocarbon gas that is man-made.</text></item><item><author>globalnode</author><text>i agree, but i also dislike the term &amp;quot;natural gas&amp;quot; sure its natural just like everything in the universe is -- just a bit of greenwashing to go with our CO2 emissions</text></item><item><author>vinniepukh</author><text>I like the term “emissions-free”.&lt;p&gt;It keeps our eyes on the target - not emitting CO2 and other gasses to the atmosphere.&lt;p&gt;Other qualities like “renewablility” or “greenness” are cherries in the top. Nice to haves!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SapporoChris</author><text>&amp;quot;Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.&amp;quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Natural_gas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Natural_gas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alright, so it goes by several names but it&amp;#x27;s sold to consumers as &amp;quot;Natural Gas&amp;quot;. I&amp;#x27;m not sure if it was green washing, but obviously the marketers were going for the most palatable name for consumers.</text></comment>