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Re:Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines by Johnny555 on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:45PM (#30210039)
No consumer asks for methane to be vented to the atmosphere.

Consumers have certain needs/desires (cooking, electricity, etc), but they don't have a need/desire for greenhouse gas emissions.

It may be most cost effective to allow gas leaks while delivering the gas, but that shouldn't be equated to demand leading to gas leaks.

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Re:Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines by hokkos on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:51PM (#30210120)
but even cooking with fossil methane release a lot of fossil methane at the consumer home :

https://news.stanford.edu/2022/01/27/rethinking-cooking-gas/

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Re:Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines by Johnny555 on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:10PM (#30210640)
But again, no one is asking for a stove that leaks methane. They may be asking for gas cooking (though inductive cooktops are a reasonable alternative), but no consumer said "Give me a stove that leaks natural gas into my house every time I use it (and even when I don't)".
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