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		axiolite on Feb 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You can have geothermal power everywhere if you dr... > that tech is coming from oil and gas. An industry with a track record of leaving the land they enter in terrible shape. I think coal and most other mineral extraction industries would love to have the relatively good environmental record of oil and gas companies. One small opening at the surface, no need to send hundreds of people in. Pretty small and quiet facility above ground where all the work gets done, etc. As terrible as an oil spill is, they're not very common.

marcosdumay on Feb 26, 2022 [–]

As terrible as oil spills are, gas spills are currently a much larger problem. They are just not as visible.

Once we get enough solar capacity to start thinking about carbon capture, maybe methane capture is the most interesting problem to start with.

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