alt Hacker News> gas that's normally burned off at the well site
Funny thing about that. Civilized governments put a stop to that, by fining flare-offs to make it economical to not do that.
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krupan • yesterday at 2:44 AM
I hadn't heard of this. Do they just allow the gas to go into the atmosphere instead? I've always heard that's worse than burning it
zoklet-enjoyer • yesterday at 12:35 AM
They still do it in North Dakota
UltraSane • yesterday at 4:57 AM
flare-offs are much better than releasing raw methane into the atmosphere because methane is a much worse greenhouse gas than CO2
Did they require the methane be captured? I thought flare-offs were done because the methane gas is something like 1000x worse than the CO2.