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I'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
by mrpopo 3y ago
I'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.