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RobertSmalls · 05-19-2010, 12:37 PM

NPR reports the ratio of oil to natural gas is 3000:1 (presumably by volume). Almost all of the natural gas is escaping into the atmosphere, where it is a greenhouse gas much more potent than CO2.

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RobertSmalls Left Lane Ecodriver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA Posts: 2,257 Prius C - '12 Toyota Prius C Thanks: 79 Thanked 287 Times in 200 Posts	NPR reports the ratio of oil to natural gas is 3000:1 (presumably by volume). Almost all of the natural gas is escaping into the atmosphere, where it is a greenhouse gas much more potent than CO2.