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minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·10 months agoThere’s no way there’s enough CO2 being pumped into oil wells to matter nearly as much as burning the oil itself.
minus-squaresilence7OPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI agree, but having that CO2 escape is still a big deal; it could suffocate people locally by displacing all the oxygen, and it’s just like any other CO2 once it mixes into the atmosphere.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·10 months agoOh definitely - they’re trying to build CO2 pipelines here in Iowa and if one of those ruptured it would basically just be a mass death event. It’s such a stupid idea. I don’t think it’s ever going to become something that happens on a truly large scale, but people will get hurt.
There’s no way there’s enough CO2 being pumped into oil wells to matter nearly as much as burning the oil itself.
I agree, but having that CO2 escape is still a big deal; it could suffocate people locally by displacing all the oxygen, and it’s just like any other CO2 once it mixes into the atmosphere.
Oh definitely - they’re trying to build CO2 pipelines here in Iowa and if one of those ruptured it would basically just be a mass death event.
It’s such a stupid idea. I don’t think it’s ever going to become something that happens on a truly large scale, but people will get hurt.