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No one is venting natural gas for the hell of it. There is no economical way to use it, full stop. If the infrastructure were there, they'd sell it. It's vented
by caymanjim 7y ago
No one is venting natural gas for the hell of it. There is no economical way to use it, full stop. If the infrastructure were there, they'd sell it. It's vented because there's no profitable way to capture and transport the gas, and there's no profitable way to produce and transport electricity. These things require massive capital investment. Much of the world's fossil fuels are extracted in the middle of nowhere. And even if the extraction location were going to produce for long enough to justify running infrastructure to it, it'd still take years or even decades to get approval and build the infrastructure.
One of these modules can be installed almost instantly and anywhere. You don't need any other infrastructure. You could even put these on oil platforms.
- technofiend 7y agoGas pipelines use the product itself to fuel compression. There doesn't seem to be anything small enough to justify aggregating at the well head and compressing in situ using the fuel to compress itself. For example I see this but it's still quite large. https://www.wartsila.com/marine/build/gas-solutions/lng-solutions/lng-plants-small-scale-liquefaction-technology https://www.wartsila.com/marine/build/gas-solutions/lng-solu...
- coryrc 7y agoThen fuck 'em, venting and flaring should be banned. Too expensive? Then leave it all in the ground where it belongs.