vtsnowedin wrote: Methane fades away as being your primary concern.
Methane isn't the primary concern. CO2 is the primary concern.
But methane is a very important secondary contributor to global warming.
There's no sense in denying that.
Right now methane is producing about 20% of the total amount of global warming.
AND more methane releases means more global warming.
Its not hard to understand.
vtsnowedin wrote:there is no good reason to just vent any methane into the air via leaks of any kind from well heads to pipelines. Also I find it illogical to just burn off or vent methane from oil wells without doing something useful with the heat.
The problem isn't venting or burning.
The problem is that methane is a colorless, odorless gas and it leaks out from drilling operations, pipelines, storage tanks, transmission lines, etc.
The more the world relies on Natural gas, the more accidental leaks are going to occur. There are lots of giant leaks from underground storage facilities and there are millions of little leaks from the natural gas systems used to heat homes and cook food. The problem is all the leaks of NG add up to a large increase in CH4 in the atmosphere, and that means more global warming.
The more the world relies on Natural gas, the more accidental leaks are going to occur. The only way to slow and stop global warming is to slow and then stop the use of fossil fuels like Natural gas, coal, and petroleum.
The Obama administration didn't understand this.....in fact Obama's much ballyhooed "Paris climate accords" contain no mention of methane.
And now the Biden administration is showing they don't understand this simple truth either.
Far from being against climate change, Biden's policies are resulting in the use of MORE oil and MORE natural gas and MORE coal.
I can't say I'm surprised.
Things are turning out exactly as I expected, to tell the truth.
Cheers!