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Originally Posted by Azure
I would love to know more about flaring and why we can't use it for something else.
Seriously, mine bitcoin with it. We could be a world leader in that too!
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Bitcoin mining provides zero benefit for society. I don't think we should be incentivizing those things. If we are going to capture flared gas, there must be better uses for it. The problem, I believe, is that when it does happen, it's likely because building pipelines doesn't make sense due to remoteness or sparse well density. That makes it also a challenge to put something on site that is economical. Maybe one day we will have small scale hydrogen production powered from flared gas. At least that produces a useful product, unlike bitcoin.