SoCal Gas Methane leak

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Yeah, I think there are about 2500 people evacuated. When it first happened, though, the people living nearby weren't even notified. The gas has the odorant added, and people are complaining that they are getting massive nosebleeds. Nobody injured by the event itself. It has taken picketing and TV interviews by affected residents to make anything at all happen.
 
A co-worker of mine has a house in the affected area and he and his family have been living in a hotel room for several weeks now.
 
Just read that there are 14 of these in CA and 400 across the US, all with old and ailing infrastructure. This one is emitting the pollution equivalent of 4.5 million ICE tailpipes, per day.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnbcsm0VzQM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y6U_iew9OA[/youtube]
 
It's front page news every day here in the L.A. area. We live about 2.5 miles SE from the wellhead... Porter Ranch is a ghost town currently...
 
I hate to say it, but it's probable that the best thing that could happen is for this gusher to ignite. CO2's better than methane for the environment, and it appears the powers that be need an incentive to get moving.

( I was going to suggest they might benefit from having a fire lit under them, but that would be just wrong. ;))
 
Gov. Brown made no mention of it in his State of the State Speech.

There must be some kind of bias when an "air spill" gets less attention than an oil spill. The you tube videos posted above are infrared, and you wouldn't smell it if it wasn't for the additives. Is it "out of sight, out of mind"? The gulf spill was national headline news everyday, and this is more like a local story? It pretty much doubles CA's GHG emissions. But no dead, methane covered birds for a dramatic news segment. No ugly methane washing up on the beach.
 
This article: California’s Aliso Canyon Methane Leak: Climate Disaster Or Opportunity? - IFLScience
https://apple.news/AVb628-grNaSQqb3GZmLe3w

Suggests that the leak is small on the national scale, just a fraction of what leaks every day. Time for more regulation.
 
DNAinaGoodWay said:
This article: California’s Aliso Canyon Methane Leak: Climate Disaster Or Opportunity? - IFLScience
https://apple.news/AVb628-grNaSQqb3GZmLe3w

Suggests that the leak is small on the national scale, just a fraction of what leaks every day. Time for more regulation.
The sound of a shoe dropping, via SNL (and ABG):
Calif. regulator aims for 50% methane emissions cut with proposed oil, gas rule
https://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-36716272-10293

The California Air Resources Board proposed new greenhouse gas and methane emissions standards for oil and gas facilities that it said will cut these emissions by more than 50%.

The board, or CARB, anticipates a reduction of 1.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, over 3,600 tons of volatile organic compounds and over 100 tons of toxic air contaminants annually, most of which would occur in the San Joaquin Valley. "California's rule would be one of the strictest proposed," CARB said in a June 1 statement. . . .
 
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