Turkmenistan has lots of natural gas, why would you take it from the one site that is already an ecological disaster? I feel another Soviet nuke operation comi

Turkmenistan has lots of natural gas, why would you take it from the one site that is already an ecological disaster? I feel another Soviet nuke operation coming: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/02/archives/soviet-discloses-nuclear-blast-that-put-out-fire-in-gas-field.html https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/02/archives/soviet-discloses...