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Extracting that part here because it's really buried: > Satellite imaging of methane leaks across the Permian basin, a vast geological feature at the heart of
by nerdponx 3y ago
Extracting that part here because it's really buried:
> Satellite imaging of methane leaks across the Permian basin, a vast geological feature at the heart of the US oil and gas drilling industry, show that sites in Texas have emitted double the amount of the gas than in New Mexico, per unit of production, since 2019.
> Methane is emitted from various activities, such as from the raising of livestock, but oil and gas production is the biggest source of the pollutant in the US ...
- bluGill 3y agoThat still doesn't tell the full picture. Are the quantities of methane the same in both states? I'm sure there are lots of other differences.