Gas flaring: Can we rein in the waste and pollution? | FT Energy Source 

I literally don't understand how no one has thought of taking that gas and converting it into electricity!!!

There has to be a way to reign in all that pollution. There should be a way to capture any flarings

In Iran a project named "AMAK" was executed to collect the flare gasses and re-inject them into the oil wells to increase the well pressure and oil production. There are a lot of ways that the flare gasses can be used for example at least they can be used to burn garbage in incenerators in big trash dumps instead of burying them.

So if they didn't burn it, it would be released directly to atmosphere. You can't see it, so easy to do on the quiet. 30x more of a greenhouse gas driver than flaring it! A flaring ban could backfire badly!

This is not the only industry that is wasting resources for sake of profit margins. from farming to waste treatment and nuclear power there is waste of good fuel and food.

Surly that flaring could be used to power a power station to produce electricity

In the future flaring should be charged at a certain price - then it has some cost.

With natural gas prices at historic highs, gas flaring is an extraordinary waste of money in addition to its negative impacts on climate change and human health. Bringing this gas to market could offer relief to very tight gas markets and, in many cases, could do so faster and cheaper than investing in new supply.

Stop burning stuff.

How is it the FT is now interested in Polution or is it the waste of profit? They're striking a new path perhaps? I've enjoyed their vox pop editorials recently, It's almost like theiy're reading real life than the markets, I laud them for it though, A profit can't be made without a planet we can live on and consumers can't consume if theiy're dead. It won't put the willies up a politician, banker or petro magnate, this is about hopeful shame. But, I stand with their sentiment, it's all far too late.

Can we buy natural gas??

Seems like an awful waste

if they store the gas they have a higher supply when demand is low . it cost money to store the gas when supply is high they dont sell at a lower cost to consumers

The problem with converting this gas to electricity is the high cost of building out the infrastructure to feed it back to the grid. Bitcoin mining fixes this. No infrastructure needed, simply build a portable onsite generator to convert to electricity to power mining, then convert the bitcoin mined into fiat currency for a profit. Problem solved. It's the politics that needs fixing, not the planet.

Shld b illegal to waste this gas when it can b used

NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH!

Why is this regulated by the EPA.

Yes start using the natural gas. Make our governments allow pipelines to use it.

Natural Gas almost historic low buy every dip

Can FT reign in the editorials? Hasn't this been printed 10,000 times already?

Amazing. We have been flaring for well over a hundred years and the climate is basically the same. The sky is falling Chicken Little.

Solution: Bitcoin mining!

More plant air!

Final word, capitalism good! It might just save us all.

Bitccoin mining would be an altruistic use case.

This is a discussting waste of reasources and is unexeptable as it pollutes for no reasons so it is good this problem is being tackled but ti should be something done in stages. It needs to be done now as we know they have the money to do it now and if they don't let the government help get the job done and they can pay the government back ASAP. Who cares about private or federal. The envirnemnt (espieiclly now) needs to take presidence over preoples interest, plus what are private compnaies going to say no to making more money off sold gas!!! I hope all flaring is non existant by 2030!!!!