Is Industrial Society on the Verge of Collapse?

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

49. Wow, thank you! I spent the last half hour running through the paper

It's a whole other aspect to the puzzle.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ace3db

For example, reducing US gas leakage system-wide from 3% to 0.2% can reduce as many GHG emissions as removing 40% of the cars off America's roads [42].

So methane leaks are about 3% in the US according to the paper, and the break even with coal is about 5%. Broadly, I think regulation and heavy penalties for leaking NG should come into play. I mean, they can monitor it from satellite, so let's get some DAs involved.

As an aside, W PA had a huge problem with acid rain from high sulfur coal plant from Ohio that was killing the trout streams and the environment. Not too keen on coal

As an aside, a recently released paper showed a very high correlation with NG fracking and cancer here:

Joint Pitt, state studies find link between proximity to fracking and increased cancer rates, asthma attacks, low birth weight
While the studies, commissioned in 2019 to research communities near fracking in Southwestern Pennsylvania, did not identify the cause of the health problems, they did conclude that there were numerous correlations.

One study found that children living within a half-mile from a fracking well had a higher chance of developing cancer. The results showed that the chances of a child developing lymphoma “were 5-7 fold greater when living within 1 mile of a well compared to children with no wells within 5 miles.” The study concluded that those living closest and among the “highest density” of fracking activity were at the highest risk for developing the rare cancer.

https://www.publicsource.org/fracking-proximity-cancer-asthma-southwestern-pa-pitt-wolf/