Ted Cruz: “Flaring natural gas is not good for the environment.”

“And you will see natural gas just being burned to consume it. Now, that is a waste of a valuable resource and it's not good for the environment. Flaring natural gas is not good for the environment. And so the Flare act uses the tax laws to incentivize capturing that natural gas and using it to mine bitcoin. And, and, and, and that is a win win.” (06:44–06:47)

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