Good follow up to the show we did from Carbon Day in Boston

In which we talked about this same issue plaguing their city.  Part of the problem is, based on the information we garnered, is that it is cheaper for the gas co to pay for the gas that leaks versus going in and fixing the pipes.  Of course, the escaping gas is not very helpful to the vegetation and people trying to live in the city.


See what you think.  Also, go to renewablenow.biz to find our shows from Boston that covered this same issue:

"The nation's capital is a pretty old city by American standards. It dates back to the late 18th century. Despite frequent face-lifts, parts of it are wearing out — for example, its underground gas pipelines. New research shows that Washington, D.C., suffers from thousands of leaks of natural gas.

We drove 1,500 road miles in Washington, D.C., and found about 6,000 leaks," says Robert Jackson, an ecologist and environmental scientist at Duke University. "That's roughly four leaks every mile..."

Link for the rest of the artidle:  http://www.npr.org/2014/01/16/262911327/aging-pipes-in-d-c-create-about-6-000-natural-gas-leaks