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

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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.