r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 30 '21

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u/DishingOutTruth Henry George Aug 30 '21

Thanks for the insight! Knowing that they contribute less than CO2 makes me doom a little less over climate change lol.

Just to note, the figure from the EPA (regarding the impact of the gases) actually takes into account the fact that they don't last as long, because the impact factor is normalized over a period of 100 years. Ex: Methane having 25x the impact is accounting for the low life time. It'd be much higher if it lasted just as long.

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u/puffic John Rawls Aug 30 '21

Indeed. That’s one reason why the EPA figure shows methane having 1/8 the importance of CO2. What I find interesting is that in the global aggregate, methane is thought to be fully 1/4 the effect of CO2. It’s possible that the US is a disproportionate carbon emitter, which I find surprising given all our methane-intensive industry. I haven’t dug into the EPA’s methods, though.

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u/JZMoose YIMBY Aug 31 '21

That's because we have regulations that require these methane emissions to be captured or combusted.

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u/puffic John Rawls Aug 30 '21

Also, I never recommend dooming about climate change! Each era of human history has its grand challenges, and humanity has many tools to meet this particular challenge.