Waste not, want not
September 1st, 2007 by SecureCare“A satellite imagery study by the World Bank in collaboration with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicates that despite efforts to reduce the practice, global gas flaring…has remained fairly stable over the last 15 years. The satellite data does suggest a slight upward [trend] over the past few years, with an estimated 168 billion cubic meters (BCM) flared in 2006…roughly equivalent to 27% of the natural gas consumption of the USA…Gas flaring is widely recognized as a waste of energy and an added load of carbon emissions to the atmosphere. It is, however, preferred to the companion process of venting: the release of gas without combustion. Venting is not only dangerous, but releases gases with higher global warming potential…” Full Slice - Absurd behavior
September 4th, 2007 at 6:45 am
What is the point of trying to conserve if we waste 10 times as much by leaking as individuals use in their home?
September 4th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Are you suggesting “we” waste 10 times 168 billion cubic meters (BCM), which is 1.68 Trillion cubic meters, a year ?
Doesn`t make sense to me
September 4th, 2007 at 11:05 am
What I’m trying to get at is individual conservation efforts seem pointless. The greenies love to impose significant financial penalties (painful to the little guy) to “encourage” individual conservation which results in no significant reduction in resource utilization
September 4th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
While I agree w/you on the individual conservation angle this specific item doesn`t have to do with individuals but with the petroleum companies and their behavior while extracting their base raw material.
I suspect that the biggest offenders in this are the national oil entities ala Saudi ARAMCO etc. They just don`t seem to care because they don`t have to etc.