Since Google’s Street View cars are constantly roaming our urban corridors, why not incorporate methane-sensing equipment into their cars so accurate data can be generated to better target pipeline repairs?(Credit: Colorado State University)
As natural gas pipelines beneath our cities get older, small natural gas leaks are increasingly becoming a serious environmental problem. Taking advantage of the fact that Google’s Street View cars are constantly roaming our urban corridors, a novel project has incorporated methane-sensing equipment into the cars so accurate data can be generated to better target pipeline repairs.
While major gas leaks are often quickly fixed, small to medium leaks can go unnoticed for months or sometimes years. These methane leaks are a significant contributor to climate change as well as a needless waste of precious natural resources. The Environmental Defense Fund has joined forces with Google Earth Outreach and scientists from Colorado State University CSU to address this problem.
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