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Re:New research: natural gas appliances emit much more metha... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:53PM (#30212060)
Isn't the assumption that you're working in serial? Given that this work can be done in parallel and many areas will take a long time, why not work on as many as possible?
Re:New research: natural gas appliances emit much more metha... by matheusmoreira on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:37PM (#30213648)
We are working in serial. There is limited public attention, government budget and political capital available to regulate these industries. This creates significant opportunity cost.

In order to actually change the world, we need to spend all our efforts stopping the biggest polluters such as chinese industry and fossil fuels. Worrying about smaller problems such as methane or cryptocurrency is a waste of time at best and a malicious distraction at worst.

Re:New research: natural gas appliances emit much more metha... by jeffbee on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:16PM (#30212437)
The public's attention and cognitive powers are finite, so it is best to not confuse the issues. The front and center message about climate change to the public and to regulatory agencies needs to be "cars".
Re:New research: natural gas appliances emit much more metha... by nomel on Friday February 04, 2022 @03:24PM (#30212553)
> The public's attention and cognitive powers are finite

The amount of money they, and the state, can spend, pursuing these things, is also finite.