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No one here talking about the US being right behind, despite being an alleged democracy, with regulatory frameworks in place (supposedly), orders of magnitude m
by mrpopo 3y ago
No one here talking about the US being right behind, despite being an alleged democracy, with regulatory frameworks in place (supposedly), orders of magnitude more money invested in fossil fuel extraction, a much larger population, free press, etc. ?
- specialist 3y agoThere's plenty of outrage to go around. If we survive, there'll be plenty of time to assign blame. But right now, any and all methane emissions must be stopped, as best able.
- mrpopo 3y agoI'm not trying to assign blame (if anything, all other top comments do, one of them is talking about putting Turkmen on trial for crimes against humanity). I'm looking at the emissions and see Turkmenistan and the US are clear leaders on the methane leaks problem. And this place is full of US readers, therefore I believe it's worth discussing. Any and all methane emissions must be stopped, including in the US, where all US citizens reading me should use their democratic power, write to their representants by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, or whatever to try and change the situation. Turkmenistan is a poor country with rampant corruption and therefore it's harder to hold it to the same standards as a developed one.
- specialist 3y agoYa. Reducing methane emissions in the USA isn't trivial either. Before these satelites provided independent verification, our oversight regiment was mostly self minitoring and reporting. That worked as well as you can guess.