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Originally Posted by bhunter
You're right, it is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2. Fortunately, it also has commercial value and it's not in anyone's interest to leak a lot of it.
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As Bob said, the frackers don't seem to be in the least interested in collecting the methane. That tells me that, these astute capitalists have determined that the trouble and expense of collecting this "bi-catch" wouldn't yield a profit.
And, of course, the amount of methane released due to fracking pales in significance when compared to the amount released from the sea floor by our warming oceans and thawing permafrost. Oh, well, at least we know what's going to kill us all off. It's a comfort of sorts, I suppose.
John