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>utility-grade results Hopefully not gas-delivery grade results. 5-10% of methane delivered via mains in the UK is lost to atmosphere. Similar leakage rates ar
by warfangle 12y ago
>utility-grade results
Hopefully not gas-delivery grade results. 5-10% of methane delivered via mains in the UK is lost to atmosphere. Similar leakage rates are found in the US, sometimes much worse. The main (heh, no pun intended) source of these leaks are cast iron pipes that are over 100 years old.
And unlike the Internet, when those things fail, things literally explode.
- danielweber 12y agoMethane is a much worse GHG than CO2. This seems like a very significant problem.
- warfangle 12y agoIt is. Methane leakage in the US is comparable to the GHG output of half the coal plants in the US.