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If the situation in Russia goes poorly, the gas wells will be allowed to freeze, and all that production goes offline, effectively forever. At the same time, la
by mikewarot 4y ago
If the situation in Russia goes poorly, the gas wells will be allowed to freeze, and all that production goes offline, effectively forever. At the same time, large methane leaks form from all the cracked well casings and pipes. It would be the worst of both worlds, forced to cut consumption (and standard of living), while creating an actual ecological disaster.
Energy Blindness[1] is a huge problem right now, people have no idea how much energy is used in all the goods and services common in their lives.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T19tHn_LA80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T19tHn_LA80
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoWe're just entering an era where tracing methane leaks down to individual city dumps or cattle feedlots is possible, so Russia's gas wells freezing and then them being forced to capture the methane leaks would probably be an overall good thing.
- mikewarot 4y agoHow can they capture the methane leaks, if they can't even repair the wells in the first place? They don't have the logistics to do so.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoThey can pay someone to do it.
- karottenreibe 4y agoThat sounds unlikely