• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Natural gas is also odorless and able to displace oxygen so I don’t see how it being CO2 underground instead of natural gas changes anything from a risk perspective. Maybe because the molecules are smaller and thus more prone to leaks? I’m admittedly way out of my depth here.

    • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Methane is lighter than air and goes up while co2 is heavier than oxygen and stays down. I don’t know maybe in case of some disaster where water leaks in the well and then pushes out the co2

      I wouldn’t want to live nearby in both cases anyway