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> burning methane probably not the first thing that comes to mind to people when they hear about carbon offsets. Things are gone further than I thought.
by throw_pm23 4y ago
> burning methane
probably not the first thing that comes to mind to people when they hear about carbon offsets. Things are gone further than I thought.
- CrazyStat 4y agoMethane that has been burned to convert it to CO2 is much less bad of a greenhouse gas than methane that has been allowed to just float off into the atmosphere. Perhaps counterintuitive given how much we usually go around saying burning fossil fuels is bad for the environment, but the science is sound.
- asciimike 4y agoMethane has an 80x higher GWP than CO2 over the first 20 years, so ending routine flaring (even if the answer is "complete combustion") is an immensely important problem to help address the effects of climate change. Another source: https://www.edf.org/climate/methane-crucial-opportunity-climate-fight https://www.edf.org/climate/methane-crucial-opportunity-clim... Some other info we've published: https://www.crusoeenergy.com/digital-flare-mitigation https://www.crusoeenergy.com/digital-flare-mitigation
- kerpotgh 4y ago[dead]