well, i spoke to nnimmo bassey, a prominent nigerian environmentalist. advocating for an end to fossil fuel exploration for decades. i began by asking him why oil companies would choose to burn gas rather than repurposing it. they burn it because the penalty for burning the gas, because gas flaring was outlawed in nigeria in 1984, the penalty for flaring is so small, they can even pay in advance. and so paying to burn the gas is cheaper than doing anything else with the gas. the government's talked about eliminating gas flaring in nigeria by 2030. what do you make of this deadline? the nigerian governments have known that gas flaring is an illegal activity and ought not to continue. this is why it was outlawed in 1984. since then, we've had so many deadlines set and failed. theyjust keep shifting the goalposts. and i think government ought to be more serious than it is because this thing is dangerous for the people. it's an economic waste. could a potential solution be to build the infrastructure that would make gas valuable, so turn it into a source of