Total to reduce gas flaring by 50% by 2012 - Gas flaring comprised 23 percent of Total's green house gas emissions in 2005. Between 1998 and 2005, Total claims to have reduced gas flaring at their facilities by forty percent in spite of increased production. Total will now focus on using these gases for power generation locally, exporting it to consumer countries, or re-injecting it back into the oil fields when feasible. Finally if none of those options are workable they will flare it rather than release the gas into the atmosphere. Haase comments
"There are gross misconceptions and misquotes of "where" and "what" are major CO2 sources". The general public needs to take a "serious" hard look at DOD, DOE & EPA reports of over 10's of hard data and focus on "real" environmental problems. The "green" spin & hype media & politicians are putting on "pseudo studies" is going to have long-term "global" health impacts that make "carbon emissions" look like a "day in the park" :-(
Link Source: Total via GreenCarCongress -via autobloggreen
Link Source: Total via GreenCarCongress -via autobloggreen