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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by robocat on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:10PM (#17378284)
The global "energy" crisis is only an oil crisis.

I don't see much crisis going on with solar, efficiency improvements, or even coal and gas...

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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by pretendscholar on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:45PM (#17378483)
An oil crisis is an energy crisis. Half the energy used in the US comes from either Petroleum or Natural Gas. Look up how much of it is solar.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/

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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by robocat on Saturday June 30, 2018 @02:35AM (#17429769)
Q1 electricity production in US:

Natural gas 409,806GWh

Wind 104,801GWh

Wind is significant.

https://renewablesnow.com/news/wind-solar-farms-produce-10-o...

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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by adrianN on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:09AM (#17379960)
Maybe those fractions would be very different if oil and gas were more expensive.
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by pretendscholar on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:40AM (#17380042)
Oil and Natural Gas are very difficult to replace. Look at the German Energiewende program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energiewende_in_Germany

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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by dsfyu404ed on Friday June 22, 2018 @08:22PM (#17378656)
Exactly. When a large chunk of a low level of the economy gets upset all the higher levels get screwed up.
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