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		Spooky23 on Feb 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines Exactly. Milk is treated like toxic waste because of cow farts, but incompetent oil companies spew waste or flare gas for operational reasons. Trivial issue to fix. I bet US companies get tax breaks for the lost product.

radicaldreamer on Feb 5, 2022 [–]

Of course, they use it as an expense to offset taxes on profits probably, even though the "product" is unusable (who's checking anyway?)

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