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Bacteria that ‘eat’ methane could slow global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Technology has the potential to make deep cuts to emissions of the potent greenhouse gas but requires major investment

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep, the sub-heading of the article pretty much sums it up:

Technology has the potential to make deep cuts to emissions of the potent greenhouse gas but requires major investment

The problem is that no company is gonna put forth the investment required if they aren't forced to do it. And most governments don't dare (or are too complacent / corrupt) to actually force them to do it.

[–] chrisphero 2 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of a podcast I heard a while back about waste recycling in germany - where there is basically a fully fledged out plan for waste separation coupled to energy generation (or something like that), but no company wants to invest or switch…