Ketan JoshiJun 10

The planned gas-fired capacity **JUST FOR DATA CENTRE ON-SITE USE** in the US is the same as *all* planned gas capacity in India, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and China *combined*.

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https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-investment-2026

Show threadseeprJun 10

@ketan since the us has a lot of access to fracking gas, that otherwise would be flared off as waste, now they burn it in turbines instead?

I assume this is one of the reasons why natural gas (methane) is so cheap in the us.

Show threadInky says "What the hell?!"Jun 10

@seepr @ketan

No gas flaring from oil extraction is still common. We extract gas deliberately from fracking and offshore deposits for the market which is mostly separate of gas as byproduct of oil extraction.

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@InkySchwartz @ketan Is the gas obtained as a byproduct of oil extraction more volatile because of its chemical composition? Or the same as would be extracted in a gas-fracking project?
Jun 10 at 1:18pmWeb
Show threadInky says "What the hell?!"Jun 11
@seepr @ketan From what I know it is not. The reason flaring happens is economic only: Meaning to retrofit an oil platform to harvest the gas cost too much for the oil companies.