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That’s exactly why it’s also worth targeting. Its short residence time means that addressing methane emissions could make a meaningful impact. It’s not zero sum

That’s exactly why it’s also worth targeting. Its short residence time means that addressing methane emissions could make a meaningful impact. It’s not zero sum - we should address the low hanging fruit of methane emissions while also decarbonizing.

toomuchtodo 3y ago
You can also repurpose oil and gas industry people and equipment as part of this work (the Inflation Reduction Act appropriated funds for this). This provides a graceful rolloff for these folks and the industry as oil for energy is sunset. https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/through-president-bidens-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-24-states-set-begin-plugging https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/through-president-bidens-b... https://www.energy.gov/fecm/funding-notice-ira-mitigating-emissions-marginal-conventional-wells https://www.energy.gov/fecm/funding-notice-ira-mitigating-em... https://www.propublica.org/article/the-rising-cost-of-the-oil-industrys-slow-death https://www.propublica.org/article/the-rising-cost-of-the-oi... (US centric, but the model transfers)
bilsbie 3y ago
Wouldn’t that just embolden folks to emit more co2?
- burkaman 3y ago
  It might if companies sell carbon credits based on methane reduction, but that's an argument against the credits not against the actual mitigation action.
angiosperm 3y ago
There is a project to get transcontinental ships to add emitters of FeCl3 to their exhaust stacks, to catalyze oxidation of methane. It seems to be getting enthusiastic uptake from shipowners for reasons unknown to me. 10,000 ships emitting 100kg a day would be enough to bring atmospheric methane in line. (Fe seeded to the ocean surface is negligible. This is not a thing to trigger algae production.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane_removal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane_removal

toomuchtodo 3y ago

You can also repurpose oil and gas industry people and equipment as part of this work (the Inflation Reduction Act appropriated funds for this). This provides a graceful rolloff for these folks and the industry as oil for energy is sunset. https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/through-president-bidens-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-24-states-set-begin-plugging https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/through-president-bidens-b... https://www.energy.gov/fecm/funding-notice-ira-mitigating-emissions-marginal-conventional-wells https://www.energy.gov/fecm/funding-notice-ira-mitigating-em... https://www.propublica.org/article/the-rising-cost-of-the-oil-industrys-slow-death https://www.propublica.org/article/the-rising-cost-of-the-oi... (US centric, but the model transfers)

bilsbie 3y ago

Wouldn’t that just embolden folks to emit more co2?

burkaman 3y ago
It might if companies sell carbon credits based on methane reduction, but that's an argument against the credits not against the actual mitigation action.

angiosperm 3y ago

There is a project to get transcontinental ships to add emitters of FeCl3 to their exhaust stacks, to catalyze oxidation of methane. It seems to be getting enthusiastic uptake from shipowners for reasons unknown to me. 10,000 ships emitting 100kg a day would be enough to bring atmospheric methane in line. (Fe seeded to the ocean surface is negligible. This is not a thing to trigger algae production.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane_removal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane_removal