▲ 595 ▼ UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge (english.elpais.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 188 comments fedilink hide all child comments On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history
[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Methane is burned at the point of use and produces carbon dioxide. Ideally there is no methane released in to the environment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Methane leaks Something like 3-10% of all methane production leaks. Methane is about 80x worse than CO2 over a 20-year period. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh it does for sure. At least in Canada there are government regulations requiring inspections by 3rd parties to check for leaks with some sort of thermal camera. I'm not familiar with the technology to check for leaks but I've had to fix the leaks before and it's taken seriously and well documented. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Methane leaks Something like 3-10% of all methane production leaks. Methane is about 80x worse than CO2 over a 20-year period. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh it does for sure. At least in Canada there are government regulations requiring inspections by 3rd parties to check for leaks with some sort of thermal camera. I'm not familiar with the technology to check for leaks but I've had to fix the leaks before and it's taken seriously and well documented. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh it does for sure. At least in Canada there are government regulations requiring inspections by 3rd parties to check for leaks with some sort of thermal camera. I'm not familiar with the technology to check for leaks but I've had to fix the leaks before and it's taken seriously and well documented. permalink fedilink source parent