Mind you, identifying leaks isn’t enough; it takes actively fixing them and decommissioning the infrastructure which resulted in methane release in the first place.
Mind you, identifying leaks isn’t enough; it takes actively fixing them and decommissioning the infrastructure which resulted in methane release in the first place.
The fossil fuels numbers are probably an underestimate; up until a few years ago, they were based on self-reported numbers from the industry. There have been a string of papers suggesting they only report about 1/4 of what actually leaks.
Doubtless. Would you post links to some, any of those?
Mix of scientific papers, political reports on the problem, and news coverage:
There’s a lot more if you look
TY! I’ll give it a gander when I get a chance. And this puts it in thread of this post for the benefit of others. ;-)
They’re still based on self-reported data, unfortunately. This will change in some places in the next few years, but we’re not there yet.