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Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world to see (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world to see::Google will use satellite data, AI, and its computing power to map methane emissions around the globe. The transparency marks a new era in climate accountability.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sounds good for the world. Curious to know what else is being captured.

[–] ThePantser 48 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Yep, with Google it's 10% good and 90% evil profits.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"we can hide your leak for a modest subscription fee", probably

[–] partial_accumen 7 points 9 months ago

If it were Yelp putting out these maps, that would be their business model.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Let's not delude ourselves. Google is totally getting something out of this. Not sure if they just want some good press for a change or if it's something else though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Was prob just built by a guy or small team that was given the freedom to build something in a month or two. Don't worry, though, they'll be laid off soon.

[–] Gigasser 1 points 9 months ago

The article says something about this tech being used to find any leaks that happen so that they can be patched and or used for methane collection. The collected methane can then be sold. Google would probably make money from selling this service to these fossil fuels companies.

[–] WeeSheep 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's 10% better than most though

[–] SuckMyWang 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The 10% is purely by chance

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Collateral damage...

[–] franklin 2 points 9 months ago

Shades of grey I guess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don’t be evil more than 90% of the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ambiguous wording

at least 90% of the time, don't be evil

at least 10% of the time, don't be evil

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Haha fair I meant the second one.