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Seems like a quick and dirty (and cheap!) thermal engine would be a big upgrade, compared to just burning it. Not the sort of thing your average "environmentali
by microcolonel 8y ago
Seems like a quick and dirty (and cheap!) thermal engine would be a big upgrade, compared to just burning it. Not the sort of thing your average "environmentalist" would be into, though.
- thinkcontext 8y agoIf it were economic to do that don't you think it would be done? Oil companies have been at this for a while and are not known for throwing away money. The basic problem is wells are remote and flaring is intermittent. Why would environmentalists have a problem with flaring versus using the heat from combustion to do something? Environmentalists would be in favor of putting a price on the CO2 emitted from burning or perhaps limiting oil production that leads to flaring.