It’s an interesting read, but feels like it immediately lumps non-approved as bad. There is plenty of data that single OA vaporizations are ineffective and repeated treatments are necessary, yet not ‘approved’. I also use generic OA on sponges (gasp) and I had 100% survival this winter.

The article claims it’s methane hydrates, which if true would be really really bad. Hydrates are stable when it’s cold, but when the ocean warms up are at risk of releasing a lot of methane all at once. Thought to be responsible for at least one mass extinction in the past…

Feed additives are a hammer looking for a nail. We’ve known for decades you can reduce methane emissions just by improving the digestability of the diet for the cows. www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles...

Anyone who didn’t see this coming must be oblivious on purpose. Just look at what happened with bovine growth hormone 20 years ago. Literally every carton on the shelves today says BGST-free with a further disclaimer that no data exists that BGST is bad for you. People are sensitive about their food

To be fair, you are quoting the area under the curve in long term warming potential, whereas the original poster is talking about instantaneous equivalent warming, ie current effective concentration. I think the real number is closer to 120x but I don’t have a link handy.

I have two problems with the article. First, they only model effects on methanogens and have zero discussion of methanotrophs; net methane emissions result from the difference between the two. Second, they model an effect at 40kg sulfur per hectare per year which is ridiculously high and unlikely.

Yeah not legal in most modern places since you can’t remove the frames and inspect for diseases and such

Don’t be, it’s hilarious. He has another quote where he talks about the coastal elite ruining America and it’s like this guy has zero self awareness

Thanks, now I won’t be able to stop thinking about it as well!

Oh and my favorite: non-routine flaring that happens to be 11 months of the year…

The semantics of violent agreement! Just saying we know they release it as part of operations isn’t helpful as an action plan. You have valves, hatches, combustion slip, flare “malfunction”, “emergency” venting, etc etc. It’s lots of little things that are easy to ignore individually.

I’m going to disagree here and say we actually don’t know. EPA reporting in the US has been entirely based on /self-reported/ emission data from O&G companies for decades. Every time anyone runs a third party analysis, they are off by factors of 2-3 at least. And don’t get me started on landfills!!!

Here’s a pretty good article on where virtue signaling fails (with data!) from 2022. I feel it’s pretty insightful and people doing the signaling need to think abt what they are trying to achieve. Feel good about themselves or actually convince others to change?

thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-1...

Personal computer not so much, but big power draws like crypto and AI would definitely be a good place to start.