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Global Gas Flaring Satellite Survey Reveals Oil's Hidden Costs

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The first recently unveiled global satellite survey of gas flaring — a process commonly used to dispose of natural gas freed during oil production — has shown what many have now suspected for years: it is an extremely wasteful, costly problem that has helped contribute to global warming. Conducted over a 12-year period spanning 1995-2006, the survey, commissioned by the World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership (GGFR), was carried out by a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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This has been around a while, but I was just referred to the study of gas flaring, or burning natural gas rather than capturing, storing, using it and thought others might like to know about it.

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Reply#1 - Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:37 PM EST
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That really sucks for those like myself who are paying $4.00 a gallon for propane this year during the winter.

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#1.1 - Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:54 PM EST
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