Some rules have been waived to encourage the swift replacement of burned-out homes. Fire experts say it’s critical that new homes be resilient to future risk.
The point of not burning gas is to avoid the CO2 released when it burns, and the inevitable leakage of ~3% of the methane from the distribution system. This helps to limit the amount of warming we get, which reduces fire risk.
Extracting nat gas via fracking also releases methane and co2 into the atmosphere…
(as well as many other toxic chemicals into the ground water, and can cause earthquakes and landslides and sinkholes)
… methane and co2 basically seep out of the ground and isn’t all 100% efficiently captured for refinement… and I’m fairly sure fracking is now the main method of nat gas extraction in the US and Canada.
Every part of the extraction/production/usage cycle of natural gas releases CO2 and/or Methane, which increase global warming, which increases the chance of wildfires occuring in Cali.
I thought this was clear when I said:
Also nat gas is a fossil fuel, electrical power at least has the possibility of being generated by something that doesn’t contribute to the chance of wildfires going up.
The point of not burning gas is to avoid the CO2 released when it burns, and the inevitable leakage of ~3% of the methane from the distribution system. This helps to limit the amount of warming we get, which reduces fire risk.
… Yes?
Burning natural gas releases CO2 and Methane.
Methane leaks from nat gas pipes.
Extracting nat gas via fracking also releases methane and co2 into the atmosphere…
(as well as many other toxic chemicals into the ground water, and can cause earthquakes and landslides and sinkholes)
… methane and co2 basically seep out of the ground and isn’t all 100% efficiently captured for refinement… and I’m fairly sure fracking is now the main method of nat gas extraction in the US and Canada.
Every part of the extraction/production/usage cycle of natural gas releases CO2 and/or Methane, which increase global warming, which increases the chance of wildfires occuring in Cali.
I thought this was clear when I said: