Marc Spooner

@drmarcspooner.bsky.social

Professor, Fac of Ed, University of Regina. Social/ political commentator. Say no to irresponsible austerity! opinions are yours

@drmarcspooner.bsky.social

With regard to Elon & Saskatchewan/ Settle down you haven’t even been here in over 35 years & with the exception of maybe 3 billionaires connected to our province you’re literally the least in tune human anyone could possibly be to SK or to anyone really for that matter 🤷‍♂️

@doctorvive.bsky.socialReposted by @drmarcspooner.bsky.social

"Flaring" is a major contributor to global heating. Flames at oil sites worldwide burn enough methane each year to supply about half of Europe’s annual gas consumption. The flares also spew soot, nitrogen oxides & benzine. Since oil majors pledged to end flaring, it's risen 9%. 1/2

Flares keep burning By Will Evans and Ben Elgin Norma Lopez Cadena tries to keep her granddaughters indoors - out of sight from the 65-foot flare burning excess gas from more than a dozen oil wells. At night, she says, the flare rattles the house from about 500 feet away and wakes her family. When the wind shifts, it smells like burnt rubber. The flare tormenting Lopez Cadena towers over the quiet West Texas neighborhood of South Ranchito, in the heart of the oil-producing Permian Basin, where it dances in the breeze day after day like an oversized lighter. When the gas flow increases, it swells into a thick yellow and sounds like a blowtorch. "Nobody wants to live next to that," she says.
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