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To anyone reading "“tremendous opportunity” to reduce methane emissions by developing systems to quickly detect malfunctions at oil and gas facilities" and runn
by avip 8y ago
To anyone reading "“tremendous opportunity” to reduce methane emissions by developing systems to quickly detect malfunctions at oil and gas facilities" and running to the garage to connect an RPI to an off-the-shelf 5$ sensor and submit her YC2019 application: The tech is there. It's been there for years. Everything is in place, this is a political/emission tax/EPA/incentive issue per-se.
- rotexo 8y agoI was just thinking about this in reference to organizations like the Citizen's Climate Lobby. The real technology that needs to be developed here is a politically feasible way to levy taxes on known carbon emitters.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoRun for office or support candidates who align with preventing/mitigating climate change. It is the only way. All of the tech in the world is useless if you can't enforce its use.
- tomatotomato37 8y agoSo are a lot of other startup opportunities, but that just means you don't mention it during the presentations for your funding rounds
- jstanley 8y agoIf the technology is demonstrably easy to make, and there is a clear need for it, and yet it's still not in wide use, then I would say there certainly is a "tremendous opportunity". The fact that some people have failed to take advantage of the opportunity doesn't mean other people shouldn't try.
- zeth___ 8y agoThis is an issue about regulations. You will not see regulations against the fossil fuel industry under a republican president, house and senate.