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I was initially concerned that you were comparing a single well to an entire industry, but I did the math and while it does add up, the emissions are still smal
by Wowfunhappy 5y ago
I was initially concerned that you were comparing a single well to an entire industry, but I did the math and while it does add up, the emissions are still small by comparison. 80,000 (possible wells) * 10.02 (grams per hour) * 8,766 (hours in a year) = 7,026,826,600 grams per year from uncapped wells, which is 0.006% of 17 trillion.
That said... the difference to me is that in exchange for those livestock emissions, we get, well, food! I totally respect vegans, but personally, I do quite like milk and cheese.
By contrast, what good is coming from these spent oil wells?!