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Letter: Leaked gas should of been allowed to burn

Published 26 October 2022

From Charlie Wartnaby, Cambridge, UK

22 October, p 19

I hope we never see anything like the Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks again. But if we do, I suspect that even uncontrolled partial burning would be better climate-wise than a release of pure natural gas. It should have been ignited.

Issue no. 3410 published 29 October 2022

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