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> astonishing amount of gas being flared off from US shale production can be seen from space Everything can be seen from space...
by ekianjo 3y ago
> astonishing amount of gas being flared off from US shale production can be seen from space
Everything can be seen from space...
- badpun 3y agoExcept for things covered with e.g. tree canopy.
- rocqua 3y agoDiffraction limits truly prevent seeing an ant from space.
- dotancohen 3y agoAt visible wavelengths. Far ultraviolet may help, and of course inference techniques such as image stacking are commonplace in reconnaissance satellites.
- adrianN 3y agoFar UV won’t make it through the atmosphere.
- dotancohen 3y agoMinor detail ))
- andy_ppp 3y agoOkay, if you want to be pedantic, 1.3% of all CO2 emissions come from gas flaring (500 Million Tonnes annually on roughly 37.15 billion tonnes of CO2 emitted). Seems like a lot to me at a time when we are meant to be reducing all greenhouse gasses. It might be better to build power stations near these shale deposits to reduce coal and use this resource rather than pollution for no gain.