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Isn’t capturing and then flaring methane the environmentally responsible thing to do?

• ceejayoz 5y ago
  That'll depend on where the methane is captured from. A landfill, or reclaimed from cow shit? Sure. An underground well, where it could've been left alone? Not necessarily.
• wolverine876 5y ago
  It's more responsible not to use natural gas, including by reducing energy usage. It's also more responsible to respect the rules made democratically by your fellow citizens then to try to cheat them.
  • rspeed 5y ago
    Starship's engines burn methane.
  • _3u10 5y ago
    Which rules are they breaking? As far as I could tell the article said they were following all the rules for the kind of project they had…