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		namuol on April 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Taking CO2 out of the air would be an expensive wa... Do they account for methane leaks in their “carbon neutral” calculations?

wolf550e on April 14, 2024 [–]

I don't know but I guess they don't intend to leak a lot from their own device/tank and once they have sold it to the pipeline they consider it "consumed". The idea is to capture the same amount of CO2 from the air as is in the methane that is consumed.

namuol on April 14, 2024 | [–]

Ignoring external factors like this is how we got into this mess.

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