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Paladin

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1. Sorry, but it's a little late to get outraged about flared gas.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 12:44 PM

Jan 2014

The practice has been going on for decades now, maybe a full century. Gas pipelines cost big money and take a lot of time to construct, and the economics of the natural gas market haven't been much of an incentive in recent years. I'm not pimping for the energy tycoons, here; just stating facts.....

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Sorry, but it's a little late to get outraged about flared gas. Paladin Jan 2014 #1

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