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‘Recycled’ propane adds no extra carbon emissions when burned as fuel

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Leslie Anderson, Propane Gas Association of New England president, interviewed at last week’s Vermont Fuel Dealers Association meeting

by Guy Page
At the Wednesday, May 29 meeting of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association in Manchester, VDC interviewed Leslie Anderson, President/CEO of the Propane Gas Association of New England, about a perspective you won’t read often, if at all, in mainstream media:

Propane should be considered renewable – or at least sustainable and recycled – energy.

Wait a minute, you ask – isn’t propane a fossil fuel, mined from the earth?

Well – yes and no.

Propane, strictly speaking, is a recycled byproduct of natural gas production – the same natural gas that provides about 50% of New England’s electricity as well as a growing share of thermal heat. When petroleum is refined for ANY use – natural gas, heating oil, kerosene, gasoline, plastics – propane happens.

When unused, it’s treated like backyard trash and burned off. But when used as propane fuel for heat and transportation (THIRD MOST USED transportation fuel in the world, after gasoline and diesel), it’s using an existing resource at no extra carbon emissions.

Carbon emissions are carbon-neutral in the sense that they’ll either be burned off, or used as fuel.

“It’s something that’s left over. If we don’t use it, we lose it,” Anderson says during the interview.

We’ll have propane “as long as we have elastics in our underwear,” Anderson laughed. “So we should use it.”

For more information go to PGANE.ORG.

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  1. It doesn’t matter how clean propane is, or any other derivative of fossil fuel, as it’s not part of the left’s agenda to save the world as it’s not produced from any sources from ” China ” and its slave labor !!

    We have fools in charge, wake up people.

    • Fun facts: “In 2022, China’s coal consumption amounted to some 88.41 exajoules, up from 87.54 exajoules in the previous year. Between 1998 and 2022, figures increased by around 60 exajoules. As of 2022, China was by far the world’s largest coal consumer, with nearly 55 percent of the total consumption.” (Statista)

      “1 exajoule = 174 million barrels of oil equivalent.” (Resilience.org)

      “Other major destinations for U.S. thermal coal in 2023 include The Netherlands (13.4% of total), Egypt (8.5%), Morocco (6.7%) and Japan (6.0%). China was the 6th largest buyer of U.S. coal, taking in 1.5 million tonnes, or 4.6% of the total, Kpler data shows.” (Reuters)

      “No matter how you label it, coal is always polluting.
      Along with adding to greenhouse gas pollution, burning coal emits toxic and carcinogenic substances into our air, water and land, severely affecting the health of miners, workers and surrounding communities.” (Climate Council.org.au)

      “Leading Companies in the Propane Industry
      British Petroleum. British Petroleum, also known as BP, was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London, UK. …
      PetroChina Company Limited. …
      AmeriGas. …
      Chevron Corporation. …
      Valero Energy Corporation. …
      Shell Oil Company. …
      Sinopec. …
      Exxon Mobil” (Coherent Market Insights)

      I’ve asked before, I’ll ask again – what is in their stock portfolios?

  3. i bought many two burner stoves, hoses, and full propane tanks/// it is better than money in the bank///

  4. They don’t care about carbon emissions. The majority of the bills that they pass create a huge increase in carbon emissions, including the “green” ones. It has nothing to do with emissions of anything.

    They hate humans and want us all slaves or dead. The proof is in the pudding. Accept it.

    • James Lindsay discusses your claim in great detail. The United Nations is a malthusian, religious death cult that is obsessed with population control, Degrowth and destroying capitalism (aka Western countries) by its own admission. This is an excellent reading of the UN’s objectives and goals, with meaningful references to UN historical documents.
      https://youtu.be/DL3eQt9LurY?si=d0fb4eGocf3o2KH2

  5. Boy, I sure do fell better about making my Maple Syrup now. For a lot of years I thought Greta would be mad at me