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When making the comparison, don't forget to tally the effects and emmisions of drilling, pumping, refining, and delivering oil and gasoline to the point-of-sale
by jlv2 2y ago
When making the comparison, don't forget to tally the effects and emmisions of drilling, pumping, refining, and delivering oil and gasoline to the point-of-sale.
- triceratops 2y agoAnd all the oil spills and methane gas leaks.
- nashashmi 2y agoThese are not by design. They are by chance.
- triceratops 2y agoThat doesn't matter. They happen and they have an effect.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoMethane leaks are often by design when it's an oil well. That's why you need to enforce flaring (burning the methane and releasing CO2 into the atmosphere) because that's better than simply venting the methane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_venting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_venting > Gas venting, more specifically known as natural-gas venting or methane venting, is the intentional and controlled release of gases containing alkane hydrocarbons - predominately methane - into Earth's atmosphere. It is a widely used method for disposal of unwanted gases which are produced during the extraction of coal and crude oil. Such gases may lack value when they are not recyclable into the production process, have no export route to consumer markets, or are surplus to near-term demand.
- nashashmi 2y agoYes. All of these are things that should be tallied if we are only looking for ghg contributions.