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masklinnlast Wednesday at 6:19 AM0 repliesview on HN

> Right, but are leakage rates high enough to make this a concern?

According to a recent IEA report, 30% of the LMG supply chain’s greenhouse impact is methane leaks.

> there's already a strong profit maximisation incentive to leak as little as possible

That runs against the stronger profit maximisation incentive of doing as little maintenance and being as cheap as possible.