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ZenHeathen :canada:
ZenHeathen :canada:
@ZenHeathen@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

I'm watching that "plastic alternatives"/CBC Marketplace piece that circulated earlier today, and screaming at the screen, "god damn it, high school fucking chemistry!" because of the misinformation that's coming out of my screen. Some good info in here, but shit damn fuck piss, NO, they are not "capturing the carbon released and turning it into natural gas", for fuck's sake. They might be capturing the methane and using it, but they aren't doing magic with C and CO2 and somehow wishing the H into existence because they clapped really hard for Tinkerbell. And anyone who's come through grade fucking ten as it existed thirty fucking years ago should know that! Also, this reporter who has a compost bin in her own backyard doesn't understand that "a few weeks" isn't nearly enough for things like paper cups and bamboo forks? Oh my god, she doesn't know shit about composting. Dry paper cups in a bin with dry fall leaves, and that's it?

This is some of the worst reporting I've seen in a while. It's almost tailor-made to discourage people from even trying with more planet-friendly alternatives. Boo, CBC.

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May Likes Toronto
May Likes Toronto
@mayintoronto@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@ZenHeathen natural gas is just methane. 🤔

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Mike.  🩼🇨🇦
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@MikeImBack@disabled.social  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@ZenHeathen @mayintoronto and don't they just burn the 'captured' methane anyways? Wouldn't that be worse than just releasing it?

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ZenHeathen :canada:
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@ZenHeathen@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@MikeImBack @mayintoronto Generally, no. Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, *way more* heat is trapped by it. But it does break down on its own in the atmosphere faster than CO2. And since it's a byproduct anyway, capturing it and using it for more energy is--generally--better than simply letting it go. Also, depending upon the system you create to burn methane, it is easier to potentially capture the CO2 produced, hopefully with a sequestration plan down the line. "Carbon capture" facilities as an industrial plant just sitting out there grabbing it from the air are bullshit, but actually catching it from a closed system does make some sense. But even if you're not doing that, it's better to burn it than release it--it's why industrial sites all over sill have towers belching fire. You might know them from some atmospheric shots of Blade Runner, or if you live near Hamilton, you've seen them in person. But those just burn it, without using any of the energy released.

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