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Posted Fri Apr 5 2013: from Washington Post:
Methane leaks are undermining the shale-gas boom. Here's how to fix that. http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1365169263
At first glance, the recent shale-gas boom in the United States looks like excellent news for efforts to slow climate change. Natural gas is nudging aside dirtier coal in the electric-power sector, which is driving down U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions. But the one huge caveat in this story has always been methane.... That brings us to a big new study from the World Resources Institute, which tries to compile everything we know about methane leaks. The bad news: We have no idea how much methane is actually seeping out of our natural-gas wells and pipelines. The good news: The technologies to plug those leaks are readily available, but new regulations may be necessary to make sure they're widely adopted.
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'Doc Jim says:
That sounds like a bad news/good news/hopeless news scenario to me.

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