rlhamil
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Yes, you can capture methane from organic sources and pipe it around, and that will probably replace an increasing (but probably not total) percentage of natural gas obtained from e.g. phracking. (I still think a lot of green is more feelgood than benefit once you add in inefficiencies, losses, non-neutral parts of the entire delivered product etc. It's easy to talk big ideas, dang hard to make them practical and economical. Many ecofreaks are just power-crazed liberty thieves under cover of pretending to promote something good, not to say some real improvements and more responsible behavior can't become practical.)
But you still need a pipeline, and I don't think Starbase has one, at least not of capacity nearly sufficient for tank farms, and probably not pure methane either; most gas pipe suppliers supply at least partly natural gas, which is about 5% other than methane. I suppose they could (would have to) run some sort of distillation equipment to purify it. A local solar farm and local synthesis of methane might make more sense, given that they need to master that anyway. A pipeline MIGHT be an interim measure, depending on cost and speed of installation.
But you still need a pipeline, and I don't think Starbase has one, at least not of capacity nearly sufficient for tank farms, and probably not pure methane either; most gas pipe suppliers supply at least partly natural gas, which is about 5% other than methane. I suppose they could (would have to) run some sort of distillation equipment to purify it. A local solar farm and local synthesis of methane might make more sense, given that they need to master that anyway. A pipeline MIGHT be an interim measure, depending on cost and speed of installation.
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