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impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 13 hours agoYes, that is my point. It is completely unreasonable to make gas clean enough to not affect air quality. We do what we reasonably can. And that results in pollution.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I’m still not fully sold that it appreciably does affect air quality. I think you and I are more aligned than the others on this thread.
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Yes it is.
Then again everything causes cancer. Aging causes cancer.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
But cancer like coffee or cancer like ionizing radiation?
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Cancer like cancer alley in texas, where life expectancy is a full decade lower than the nice neighborhood five miles further.
Gas plant pollution is currently responsible for approximately 21% of asthma cases in the country.