There’s a BIG NatGas leak (Methane) in Florida. The source of
which is not being owned up to. There’s no oil/gas drilling in the area.
And, until about a year ago, most such leaks might go totally unnoticed. Read
the Bloomberg article No
One is Owning Up to Releasing Cloud of Methane in Florida.
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| Oil Flaring at Night in North America (Bakken) |
First Methane. The largest component of natural gas (NatGas) is methane (EIA).
Various oil formations of fossil fuels are oil, mostly gas, or a combination.
Even in coal formations there is methane, which has made coal mining especially
dangerous for explosions and fires.
When you see the flame stacks burning above oil wells and
refineries, this is natural gas being flared off. Flaring is far preferred then
just releasing it, venting, because methane is a wicked greenhouse gas (GHG) at
82 times the global warming capacity as CO2 in the first 20 years (about 30
times as potent over 100 years).
