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Re:Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas by NewJazz on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @05:48PM (#39923657)
Seriously, how do you know whether the supply chain is truly using one process to synthesize, vs. Adding/cutting with extracted fuel.
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Re:Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas by __MatrixMan__ on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @06:08PM (#39923879)
On the demand side, I imagine you'd be drawing fuel gas from a rig that's like, in your neighborhood, being powered by the solar panels on your roof. So you'd probably notice if there were tanker trucks showing up to fill it.

On the supply side, you could use things like methane sniffing satellites (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00600-z) to find cases of extraction and tax (at first) or arrest (eventually) those participating in it.

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Re:Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas by konschubert on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @06:45PM (#39924283)
It doesn’t matter. This isn’t driven by consumer choice, it’s driven by production cost.

At least that’s the idea.

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