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What are the potential environmental impacts of this?
by zppln 4y ago
What are the potential environmental impacts of this?
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- lm28469 4y agohttps://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2022-09-28/ty-article/nord-stream-gas-leaks-could-amount-to-one-third-of-denmarks-co2-emissions-official-warns/00000183-8523-d633-a1cb-fdab9c540000 https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2022-09-28/ty-article/nor...
- mschuster91 4y agoNot much. Unlike oil, the gas either dissolves in water or rises into the atmosphere - assuming that 100% of the gas rise up, it's the CO2 equivalent of two weeks of Germany's emissions [1]. Yes, it's a lot, but unlike an oil spill there won't be much other impact. [1] https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2022-09/nord-stream-pipelines-lecks-ostsee-klima-methan https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2022-09/nord-stream-pipeli...
- Amarok 4y ago1.3 million cars driving for a year [0] [0]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/28/nord-stream-methane-gas-leaks-may-be-biggest-ever-with-warning-large-climate-risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/28/nord-str...
- derhuerst 4y agoAccording to this tweet [1] by someone at a German climate NGO it is about 15 Mt CO2e, looking at the greenhouse effect of the Methane in the next 20 years. [1] https://twitter.com/SaschaBay/status/1574664872293715968 https://twitter.com/SaschaBay/status/1574664872293715968
- wallmountedtv 4y agoMinimal. Its only the pipes leftover gas that is escaping, compared to a oil field. Together with that gas rises, contamination of water is minimal, again compared to what an oil leak would do. Adding up to that experts say that long-term effects of these leaks are essentially not going to be noticeable.[1] https://news.err.ee/1608730996/scientist-minimal-lasting-environmental-impact-from-nord-stream-gas-leaks https://news.err.ee/1608730996/scientist-minimal-lasting-env...