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Atmospheric methane converts to co2

• bsza 3y ago
  Methane’s greenhouse effect is 80 times more powerful than that of CO2, so cutting methane right now would have near-immediate effects as it would convert to less potent CO2 in a matter of years. Whereas cutting CO2 would stop things from getting worse, but wouldn’t have an immediate reversal effect like methane would. It’s a one-off trick that would buy us some time (assuming we can implement it).