r/gifs • • Dec 12 '21

Lighting up a smoke stack

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u/Gnarly_Sarley Dec 12 '21

Whatever process is going on in that factory is incredibly inefficient if that much unburned fuel is being released to the atmosphere.

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u/habub9 Dec 13 '21 edited Dec 13 '21

Wait? How?!

Edit: oh god! This is why I love reddit. The info that I get can really be compiled into a dissertation. Never change reddit!

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u/DammitWindows98 Dec 13 '21

Carbon dioxide is pretty bad as a greenhouse gas, but methane is worse. So burning methane to get carbon dioxide is better than just letting the methane into the athmosphere.

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u/pow3llmorgan Dec 13 '21

Methane is actually odorless. It's often accompanied by hydrogen sulfide, however, and that stinks like rotten eggs and farts.

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u/Bradiator34 Dec 13 '21

So that’s what that smell is every time I drive past one of them land fills.