Fossil Fuels - Gas Flaring

Submitted by Joe Costello on September 5, 2007 - 10:43am

ENN - "The problem isn’t new. Gas flaring a byproduct of petroleum production that spews about 400 millions of tons of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has been going on for decades.

The imagery has reshuffled who are the top 20 gas-flaring nations, compared to previous official figures from 2004. Russia has moved to No. 1, replacing Nigeria, and new on the list, based on what satellite sensors see on their 14 daily globe-girdling journeys, are China, Oman, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia."

As "The 11th Hour" points out, one of the greatest historical changes of human history occurred in the last century and half with the mass utilization of fossil fuels. These pictures from space give each of us the idea of just how as a species we can impact what seems in our daily lives a very large planet.

There is no more important issue in creating a sustainable future than redesigning our fossil fuel economy.

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