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"Any lost methane is significantly worse than the equivalent amount of CO2." ...except that methane doesn't persist anything like as long as CO2, so while it's
by andygates 10y ago
"Any lost methane is significantly worse than the equivalent amount of CO2."
...except that methane doesn't persist anything like as long as CO2, so while it's mean and pointy upfront, it's out of the environment faster. This is pretty basic climate science that routinely gets misrepresented by the denier industry, which is why I'm bothering to pick this nit.