[AR] Re: Liquid Methane System Safety
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:54:55 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2022, William Claybaugh wrote:
So there's growing interest in doing that; expect rather stronger
regulatory pressure to reduce methane emissions.
Note that such regulations will force industry to book profits that are
currently escaping to the atmosphere....
At some up-front cost, to detect and fix the leaks and get organized about
preventing more. But yes, it may well end up being to the industry's net
benefit in the long run, which should reduce opposition to the changes.
Which is one reason why it's considered an attractive thing to do.
Natural gas isn't the only artificial source, and some of the others won't
be quite that easy, but overall it shouldn't be too hard to get a large
reduction. (There are substantial natural emissions, notably from
wetlands, so there's no point in sweating over every last little bit.
Currently about 60% of it is artificial.)
Henry
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