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When I read it I also wondered: "Why noone is pointing out that methane emissions also increase global warming?" I have no idea ho much methane can be released

by speeder 12y ago

When I read it I also wondered: "Why noone is pointing out that methane emissions also increase global warming?" I have no idea ho much methane can be released, since I don't even know how much Russia is mining or anything like that... But it sounds a lot (since in Ukraine crisis Russian gas is a big point), so if all that leaks out it would greatly accelerate global warming no? (thus releasing even more gas!)

phkahler 12y ago
>> Why noone is pointing out that methane emissions also increase global warming? Methane produces a much stronger greenhouse effect than CO2, so the obvious solution is to capture it and use it for fuel, which will convert it to CO2.
- cozzyd 12y ago
  So we have to firebomb the craters?
  - wavefunction 12y ago
    Wouldn't that be too much, too late? The idea is to capture it before it escapes its previously permafrosted enclosure.
    - gizmo686 12y ago
      The idea is that if we cannot capture it, we should at least convert it to a less harmful gas (CO2).
      - jfoster 12y ago
        Wouldn't the conversion process cause explosions that potentially release much more methane than would otherwise have been released?
- agapos 12y ago
  Methane is indeed a stronger greenhouse gas, but it also has a much shorter 'lifespan' of 8-10 years.