c/climate_lm · by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net · 263d

Super-Emitter of the most Damaging Greenhouse Gas found in Germany

https://industrydecarbonization.com/news/super-emitter-of-the-most-damaging-greenhouse-gas-found-in-germany.html

Solvay’s factory reported only 56 kilograms of SF₆ emissions for 2023 to Germany’s industrial emissions register. The scientist’s estimates are 500 times higher: around 30 tons. Its effect on the atmosphere is more than that of 700,000 tons of CO₂ due to the high global warming potential of SF₆, comparable to a coal-fired power plant.

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thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 263d (2 replies)

Shut it down immediately

aeno@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 263d (1 reply)

The Ministry also said that it is legally not possible to order a shutdown of the production facility. German law allows revoking the permit for a facility only if there is an immediate risk to human health or a significant immediate risk to the environment. While there is little doubt that greenhouse gases like SF₆ pose risks to the environment and human health, those are long-term.

This is why we're all gonna die

huppakee@piefed.social · 5 pts · 263d

a significant immediate risk to the environment

Thank God we don't have to do anything because the significant risk to the environment will not harm us today.