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 months ago

now we are cooking with gas.

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

Gas is objectively much better than coal tho

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

Methane Shotgun here we come.

Clathrate Gun Hypothesis

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

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