Surely this can't be caused by the biggest economies in the world relying on "clean" natural gas (that is, 99% methane) instead of "dirty" coal... Right?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 11 months ago

now we are cooking with gas.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

Not from burning it, no.

From Oil and gas companies not maintaining their pipelines and it leaking during transit, yes.

Biggest emissions in the US are around fracking sites.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Gas is objectively much better than coal tho

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Methane Shotgun here we come.

Clathrate Gun Hypothesis

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I wonder how much Biden blowing up nordstream contributed to this.