Thursday, July 24, 2014

Scanning a City for Gas Leaks


A joint effort between the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Google seeks to turn off needless leaks of a significant greenhouse gas - methane. At the same time, America's infrastructure and public safety efforts will see benefit. Links below tell the story of a recent pilot project that placed air quality sensors on Google Street View cars. 

(Newsweek, July 16, 2014)

(EDF Webpage) 



Comment: VERY cool!  However, I do find the results from Beantown suspect. Did this project check the city's pipes, or the population's pipes? That's a joke, you're supposed to laugh... 

Graphic Credit: EDF

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