致命洩漏
每年超過八千萬噸甲烷從石油及天然氣生產過程洩漏。這種危險的溫室氣體是天然氣的主要成分。科學家利用專門攝影機和數據分析找出洩漏責任,揭露行業疏於維護和追逐利潤等問題。儘管石油公司否認指控,但防止甲烷洩漏的技術已取得長足進展,只待推廣應用。
Every year over 80 million tons of methane escape into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry. The extremely hazardous greenhouse gas is the main component of natural gas. Using special cameras, satellite images and data analytics, scientists are on a quest for those responsible. Step by step they reveal badly maintained installations, indifference and profit avarice in the extraction of oil and gas. This is persistently denied, though, by many companies. At the same time, the technology for preventing methane leaking out of extraction plants and pipelines has long been available.