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Robert A asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 9 years ago

How much gas does Iran flare?

And why isn't this used to generate electricity rather than nuclear power plants?

Update 2:

Please include sources. I have had rubbish answers so far.

Update 3:

The World Bank estimates that over 134 billion cubic metres of natural gas are flared or vented annually, an amount equivalent to more than 20 percent of the United States’ gas consumption or 33 percent of the European Union’s gas consumption per year.[5]

This flaring is highly concentrated: 10 countries account for 70% of emissions, and twenty for 85%. The top ten leading contributors to world gas flaring in 2010, were (in declining order): Russia (26%), Nigeria (11%), Iran (8%), Iraq (7%), Algeria (4%), Angola (3%), Kazakhstan (3%), Libya (3%), Saudi Arabia (3%) and Venezuela (2%).[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    it's a practice the world over, did you know that Nigeria is burning off the equivalent of half of Britain's domestic gas consumption? Much of it by British companies. Also how about all those flares on North Sea rigs? decades of waste there!

  • 9 years ago

    It is simply economics, it would cost them money to convert it into useable fuel.

  • 9 years ago

    IRAN HAS RIGHT LIKE AMERICA AND ISRAEL DO

    STUDY HISTORY AND USE YOUR BRIAN TO THINK AND JUDGE

    1-iran hasn't attacked any of its neighbours *VS * usa has attacked many american, african and asian countries.

    2-iran hasnt used any non-conventional weapons but usa attacked hiroshima and nakazaki with nuclear bomb and ....

    3-america is sending fleets around iran and threats iran but iran does nothing.

    4-isreal kills palestine people but thats ok because they are dog of usa in middle east.

    5-WE DON'T WANT WAR BUT READY TO ATTACK USA EVERYWHERE ON THE EARTH.

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