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Methane is a greenhouse gas. It's more polluting than c02. Removing it from the environment is a good thing but creating more is not a good thing for global war
by WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
Methane is a greenhouse gas. It's more polluting than c02. Removing it from the environment is a good thing but creating more is not a good thing for global warming. I suspect for it to be an alternative to oil, an such, we would need to create it not just remove it from landfills.
Compressed natural gas is mostly methane but we are trying to move away from fossil fuels so it's not a long term solution.
Here's a link that gives some info on it:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-gas-climatebox-explainer/explainer-cleaner-but-not-clean-why-scientists-say-natural-gas-wont-avert-climate-disaster-idUSKCN25E1DR https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-gas-climatebox-explai...
- leetnewb 4y agoI don't think that is a good comparison. Fossil fuel is a carbon sink. Extracting methane from fossil fuels in the ground releases the carbon from the sink and into the atmosphere. If synthesizing methane from hydrogen grabs carbon that is already present, it is carbon neutral.