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		hindsightbias on Nov 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oil and gas production in Texas produces twice as ... > We do not vent unless an emergency situation arises. I've flown over west TX at night three times since spring and there were hundreds of flares blazing. It looks like Kuwait in 91.

0xffff2 on Nov 8, 2023 [–]

Flaring != venting. Venting would be releasing unburned methane/natural gas directly into the atmosphere.

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