BBC: Green Energy Boom Forcing Increased Production of a Potent Greenhouse Gas
Eric Worrall September 13, 2019
 Sulfur Hexafluoride, a potent Greenhouse Gas Guest chuckle by Eric Worrall
The BBC claims the potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride leaking from EU wind turbines and other renewable electricity infrastructure components produces the global warming equivalent of putting an extra million new cars on the road.
Climate change: Electrical industry’s ‘dirty secret’ boosts warming
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent
It’s the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned.
Sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, is widely used in the electrical industry to prevent short circuits and accidents.
But leaks of the little-known gas in the UK and the rest of the EU in 2017 were the equivalent of putting an extra 1.3 million cars on the road.
Levels are rising as an unintended consequence of the green energy boom.
Cheap and non-flammable, SF6 is a colourless, odourless, synthetic gas. It makes a hugely effective insulating material for medium and high-voltage electrical installations.
It is widely used across the industry, from large power stations to wind turbines to electrical sub-stations in towns and cities. It prevents electrical accidents and fires.
However, the significant downside to using the gas is that it has the highest global warming potential of any known substance. It is 23,500 times more warming than carbon dioxide (CO2).
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Read more: bbc.com Sulfur Hexafluoride also contributes to the halon load allegedly destroying our ozone layer.
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