We only recently developed the technology to make it more feasible. They used to just light it off and burn it at the wells when they would tap it.
Comment on nuclear fear-mongering is a ploy by Big oil
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 months agoI’m surprised that solar isn’t yet big enough to be broken out on its own.
I’m also surprised that natural gas is outgrowing everything else.
Forester@yiffit.net 2 months ago
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s just not feasible to scale to the point that we would need to scale it to sufficiently power our societies
Anything to back that up?
Forester@yiffit.net 2 months ago
It’s a logistical problem youtu.be/7OpM_zKGE4o?si=2_TW0JeYeA2htQm1
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I asked you if you had anything to back that up. The answer is no.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 months ago
We could use solar (or other renewables/nuclear) to power hydrogen fuel cells, then take the energy where it’s needed.
Forester@yiffit.net 2 months ago
and that’s the problem. It’s not even enough of our power generation to be its own separate entity on the graph, but these people expect it to just magically power the planet in the next 5 years.
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months ago
Natural gas is just Methabe and is being pushed by big oil, since it needs all of the infrastructure they already have.