Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane

Satellites are playing a growing role in identifying methane sources as the international community focuses on curbing emissions.

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NIfty! Is this data available to the general public? There's some places I'd like to check.
- Yes. Among others https://www.ghgsat.com/en/pulse/
  
  The resolution isn't great for the free account, and one can definitely see where the methane emissions are coming from. I checked a few of the oil fields in my state. :-( At least it's not as bad as TX. smh
because i am an idiot, i thought satellites were somehow causing methane emissions and was super curious how that was possible.

It isn't, i am as i said stupid
- sat contrails!
  
  Chemtrails*
Meat and dairy industry. Don't need satellites to know that.
- Also leaking oil and gas infrastructure, as well as rice paddies among other sources. Tools like this are useful for doing things like enforcement of the methane emissions tax the US recently imposed on oil and gas facilities
Carbon tax! Carbon tax!! Carbon tax!!! CARBON TAX!!!!
- It's methane, and in the US a methane tax on the biggest emitting oil and gas operations just went into effect
  
  Yeah, I could have said CO2e, but that's just not as much fun to chant.
Could we … burn it out of the atmosphere?
- It oxidizes after a few years; problem is that we are adding more at a rate faster than it breaks down
  
  How about drone strikes then? Like big undeclared man made sources of methane get a drone up the corn hole.
According to the reports, the source appears to be...

YO MAMA!

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