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Re:Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Enti... by nothrabannosir on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:24AM (#17037004)
As far as I can see, those references do not mention whether they have corrected for the fact that methane is a ~20x more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Are they counting per volume or per potency? That is an incredibly important distinction. Which, to be honest, they should have made, one way or the other.
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Re:Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Enti... by rbkillea on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:03PM (#17041407)
They are in the units "greenhouse gas emissions" which corrects for the extra potency. The sad thing is that people often double-correct for such things.
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Re:Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Enti... by Chris_Jay on Thursday May 10, 2018 @10:04AM (#17038917)
Potency is typically assumed in the industry, the volume of methane is trivial compared to volume of CO2.
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