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I'm not a fan of Drax (is anyone?), but I guess the alternative is worse, at least for now. In the short term, the marginal alternative is LNG, also shipped in oil-fueled cargo ships. So as we continue to build out wind and solar and reduce the amount of natural gas we burn, it's probably good to keep Drax on biomass. But it shouldn't be a long term solution.

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>the marginal alternative is LNG, also shipped in oil-fueled cargo ships

LNG ships are usually fueled by natural gas evaporated from its liquefied payload, which is much cleaner than burning diesel.

The energy used to chill the LNG and methane leaks are the big question marks as to whether LNG is better or worse than coal. So it's far from a slam dunk that it'll be better than biomass.

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