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Summary

Greenhouse gas emissions of the 3 fossil fuels, per unit of energy.

Numbers

Emissions measured in CO2eq per unit of thermal energy, for each fuel:

coal.ghg_by_energy
95.35 kg / million btu
CO2 emissions of burning coal
https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/co2_vol_mass.php
gasoline.ghg_by_energy
71.30 kg / million btu
CO2 emissions of burning gasoline
https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/co2_vol_mass.php
natural_gas.ghg_by_energy
53.07 kg / million btu
CO2 emissions of burning natural gas
Does not include the fugitive methane emissions from unburned fuel. Those vary by how the gas is burned.

https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/co2_vol_mass.php
usa.natural_gas.fugitive_ghg
176.1 million tonnes / year
Greenhouse gas CO2eq of fugitive methane leaks from all natural gas infrastructure in the USA
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2014
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks-1990-2014
2016 Complete Report (PDF)
Using data from 2014
usa.natural_gas.energy
27.9 quadrillion btu / year
U.S. energy consumption from natural gas combustion only
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2014
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks-1990-2014
2016 Complete Report (PDF)
Datapoint was found on page 115, from pie chart and line graph, using data from 2014
natural_gas.fugitive_ghg_by_energy
usa.natural_gas.fugitive_ghg / usa.natural_gas.energy
Fugitive emissions (CO2eq) of natural gas, per unit energy
Average based on US datapoints.

Coal: coal.ghg_by_energy kg / million btu (calculation loading)

Oil (gasoline is the most popular fuel obtained from crude oil): gasoline.ghg_by_energy kg / million btu (calculation loading)

Natural gas, which also has fugitive emissions(...)( Natural gas is mostly methane (CH4) which is also a greenhouse gas. So when any unburned fuel leaks into the atmosphere (gas leaks), it also contributes to climate change too. ) taken into account here: natural_gas.ghg_by_energy + natural_gas.fugitive_ghg_by_energy kg / million btu (calculation loading)

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