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1. chjara (chjara@disqordia.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 05:14:02 UTC chjara
   also i hate how "natural gas" is called "natural". it's clearly greenwashing, it's methane lol
   it is true that methane burns significantly cleaner and more efficiently than coal or petrol, but like, that's not a high bar lmao
   • chjara (chjara@disqordia.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 05:14:01 UTC chjara

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     • Amber
     @Amber re greenhouse it's funny but burning methane is actually cleaner than venting it in the atmosphere
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   • Amber (amber@toot.site)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 05:14:02 UTC Amber

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     @chjara don't forget that methane itself is incredibly dangerous, is an incredible potent greenhouse gas, and leaks!

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 05:30:25 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @chjara You're probably correct that using the term is a PR win, but it wasn't originally coined for that purpose.
     
     Natural gas is natural because it's naturally occuring in the ground rather than synthesized. It's not accurate to call it methane, as even though most of it is methane it's not pure. It's a useful term, just as "air" is useful for something that is mostly nitrogen.
     
     The Swedish academy records the first occurrence of "naturgas" in 1903. The term is almost a century older than the term "greenwashing" and anyone even talking about doing anything about climate change.
   • Waweic (waweic@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 15:38:46 UTC Waweic

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     @chjara I like "mineral gas" and "fossil gas" a lot better

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 15:39:55 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Waweic
     @waweic @chjara The Swedes in Finland call it "jordgas", "[earth gas]".
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 15:44:58 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • Waweic
     @lanodan Swedes do too, in Sweden and Finland as far as I know.
     
     We also call strawberries "jordgubbar", "[old earth men]". 😁
     
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   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 15:45:00 UTC Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
     • Waweic
     @clacke @waweic @chjara Earth Gas in french would be weird… we say earth wire for the ground one ^^
   • Hélène (helene@p.helene.moe)'s status on Friday, 01-Apr-2022 15:45:26 UTC Hélène

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     @chjara >that's not a high bar
     pretty sure gas is under quite a bit of pressure
     
     
     
     :blobcat3c:
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