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> The oil/gas industry has made some progress to curtail methane emissions so we don't think it is that gang. I don't know if we can reach that conclusion. It
by SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
> The oil/gas industry has made some progress to curtail methane emissions so we don't think it is that gang.
I don't know if we can reach that conclusion. It's been discovered, in Canada at least, that O&G is vastly under-reporting its methane production. I imagine other areas of the world might be even worse.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/30-40-per-cent-of-methane-emissions-from-saskatchewan-s-oil-and-gas-sector-aren-t-being-reported-study-1.6485220 https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/30-40-per-cen...
- beebeepka 3y agoBut they conducted extensive reviews on everything they do and concluded that we should look elsewhere. Maybe methane grows on trees or everyone just had more gas recently Oil, sorry energy, companies would never ever lie
- Synaesthesia 3y agoUzbekistan and Nigeria are pretty bad on methane emissions and the Nordstream attack also released quite a lot. War is highly destructive environmentally and uses a lot of fuel, so this Ukraine war is not helping.
- dayofthedaleks 3y agoGlobal methane emissions are estimated at 570 million tons annually. Nordstream explosion is thought to have produced 155 thousand tons at the high end. ~.0004% bump.