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The propane industry is trying to dupe you | Documents and recordings obtained by HEATED detail a multi-million dollar plan to spin the fossil fuel as "clean" and "renewable" (heated.world)

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“Twenty-five percent [of people consider] natural gas to be renewable, in this millennial and gen Z bucket,” an unidentified PERC board member said. “There’s a perception out there—not reality, but that’s perception. We can attach to that for propane.”

“You can’t say natural gas is renewable,” PERC board member Leslie Woodward cautioned.

“Perception,” the unidentified board member repeated.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's not even that; it'll never be economical outside of a few narrow cases because it's cheaper to avoid the need for methane in the first place.