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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by dharma1 on Friday May 19, 2017 @12:48PM (#14377370)
Not just CO2 - methane is about 25x as potent in terms of global warming as CO2
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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by ams6110 on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:56PM (#14377952)
Methane doesn't persist in the atmosphere for nearly as long however. It will break down upon exposure to oxygen, ozone, and UV sunlight.
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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by 0xfaded on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:44PM (#14378798)
The commonly cited 20-25 multiplier takes into account the half-life of methane. If the methane didn't beak down the multiplier would be 130-140.
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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by setr on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:14PM (#14379733)
why wouldn't you want to take the half life into account
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