• @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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      258 months ago

      Production from here will likely further displace Russian production, making their economy even worse.

      Still not great for the environment either way though.

      • @palal@lemmy.ml
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        98 months ago

        Isn’t Russia just shipping everything to China and India, instead? And India is just playing the arbitrage game and reselling to Europe?

        • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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          48 months ago

          Probably, but more supply pushes down the value of all gas, especially when you can just pipe it around Europe, rather than getting it from India.

      • Franzia
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        58 months ago

        Wait I forgot about this. Ngl I’m in favor of pumping this shit out of the ground to provide for Europe starting next year or the year after, it would be a better project than most in planning and way better than the huge boats of LNG.

    • @DolphinMath@slrpnk.net
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      128 months ago

      I mean, natural gas is less carcinogenic and less polluting of the environment than coal overall, even if the methane production is terrible for the climate. Clearly solar, wind, geothermal, and nuclear energy are much better options in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and overall pollution though.

      • @palal@lemmy.ml
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        78 months ago

        Sure, absolutely, natural gas burns cleaner than coal and doesn’t need as much infrastructure to avoid dumping particulates into the air, but governments and O&G companies want you to believe that it’s reducing GHG emissions and that’s just not really true.

    • Franzia
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      48 months ago

      Well actually you’re wrong because