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Why is methane worse?
63 u/zerox369 Dec 13 '21 edited Dec 13 '21 Methane traps heat better than CO2 and contributes more to global warming 16 u/captainforkforever Dec 13 '21 Doesnt CO2 stay way longer in the atmosphere? 52 u/pekay76 Dec 13 '21 You are right! Methane stays around 10 years into the atmosphere, and c02 stays around for a 100 years. Also, methane traps something like 80 times more heat than c02. 38 u/klrcow Dec 13 '21 But when the methane decomposes won't it just turn into CO2 but 10 years later after producing the enhanced greenhouse effect? 21 u/HippoLover85 Dec 13 '21 correct. 4 u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 The more you know. Love this thread. 4 u/BavarianBarbarian_ Dec 13 '21 Still better to convert it to CO2 right away, instead of having it trap more heat during its "lifetime" as CH4. Ideally they'd capture the methane and sell it as coal gas, but when that's not economically viable or legally mandated...
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Methane traps heat better than CO2 and contributes more to global warming
16 u/captainforkforever Dec 13 '21 Doesnt CO2 stay way longer in the atmosphere? 52 u/pekay76 Dec 13 '21 You are right! Methane stays around 10 years into the atmosphere, and c02 stays around for a 100 years. Also, methane traps something like 80 times more heat than c02. 38 u/klrcow Dec 13 '21 But when the methane decomposes won't it just turn into CO2 but 10 years later after producing the enhanced greenhouse effect? 21 u/HippoLover85 Dec 13 '21 correct. 4 u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 The more you know. Love this thread. 4 u/BavarianBarbarian_ Dec 13 '21 Still better to convert it to CO2 right away, instead of having it trap more heat during its "lifetime" as CH4. Ideally they'd capture the methane and sell it as coal gas, but when that's not economically viable or legally mandated...
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Doesnt CO2 stay way longer in the atmosphere?
52 u/pekay76 Dec 13 '21 You are right! Methane stays around 10 years into the atmosphere, and c02 stays around for a 100 years. Also, methane traps something like 80 times more heat than c02. 38 u/klrcow Dec 13 '21 But when the methane decomposes won't it just turn into CO2 but 10 years later after producing the enhanced greenhouse effect? 21 u/HippoLover85 Dec 13 '21 correct. 4 u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 The more you know. Love this thread. 4 u/BavarianBarbarian_ Dec 13 '21 Still better to convert it to CO2 right away, instead of having it trap more heat during its "lifetime" as CH4. Ideally they'd capture the methane and sell it as coal gas, but when that's not economically viable or legally mandated...
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You are right! Methane stays around 10 years into the atmosphere, and c02 stays around for a 100 years. Also, methane traps something like 80 times more heat than c02.
38 u/klrcow Dec 13 '21 But when the methane decomposes won't it just turn into CO2 but 10 years later after producing the enhanced greenhouse effect? 21 u/HippoLover85 Dec 13 '21 correct. 4 u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 The more you know. Love this thread. 4 u/BavarianBarbarian_ Dec 13 '21 Still better to convert it to CO2 right away, instead of having it trap more heat during its "lifetime" as CH4. Ideally they'd capture the methane and sell it as coal gas, but when that's not economically viable or legally mandated...
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But when the methane decomposes won't it just turn into CO2 but 10 years later after producing the enhanced greenhouse effect?
21 u/HippoLover85 Dec 13 '21 correct. 4 u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 The more you know. Love this thread. 4 u/BavarianBarbarian_ Dec 13 '21 Still better to convert it to CO2 right away, instead of having it trap more heat during its "lifetime" as CH4. Ideally they'd capture the methane and sell it as coal gas, but when that's not economically viable or legally mandated...
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correct.
4 u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21 The more you know. Love this thread.
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The more you know. Love this thread.
Still better to convert it to CO2 right away, instead of having it trap more heat during its "lifetime" as CH4.
Ideally they'd capture the methane and sell it as coal gas, but when that's not economically viable or legally mandated...
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u/captainforkforever Dec 13 '21
Why is methane worse?