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Why smart people believe the myth that natural gas is clean / How the gas industry turned a half-truth into one of the most successful PR campaigns in fossil fuel history. (heated.world)

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

The word 'natural' in natural gas does some heavy lifting there. If you sold diesel as "green diesel", people would buy it

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