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 2 years ago

now we are cooking with gas.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Gas is objectively much better than coal tho

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Methane Shotgun here we come.

Clathrate Gun Hypothesis

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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