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Removing methane, a shorter lived but far more potent greenhouse gas produced by rice paddies and oil wells, is more like finding specks of dust on the head of a needle in the hay.
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Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
Her late husband worked in the bureau’s maintenance building across from the irrigation shop and wore a uniform that reeked of chemicals after spraying willow trees and cleaning oil wells.
—Gabe Stern, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
The decline in oil demand will dampen the need to continue drilling oil wells.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Nelson explains that the firm’s goal is to treat oil wells with bacteria to enable steady, long-term hydrogen production—perhaps lasting for decades.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2022
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Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
Her late husband worked in the bureau’s maintenance building across from the irrigation shop and wore a uniform that reeked of chemicals after spraying willow trees and cleaning oil wells.
—Gabe Stern, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
The decline in oil demand will dampen the need to continue drilling oil wells.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Nelson explains that the firm’s goal is to treat oil wells with bacteria to enable steady, long-term hydrogen production—perhaps lasting for decades.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2022
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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