About 20% is by-product of refining- the remainder is naturally occurring. The naturally occurring gas must be "cleaned", and both must be liquified, stored and transported (using fuel oil). A few cents might be low-balling the cost a bit.
I agree that burning it off is shameful- now the price is rising, hopefully greed will kick in and they'll stop burning and start selling it. Particularly for cars- cleaner and cheaper than petrol.
Last edited by Noma; 25-06-08 at 07:42 AM.
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