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Re:We should discuss soil as much as coal (2019) by wizzwizz4 on Monday August 17, 2020 @05:56PM (#24192666)
Methane produces CO₂ when it "decays" (not really decay, but still), so I think "shorter lived" is misleading.
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Re:We should discuss soil as much as coal (2019) by jessaustin on Monday August 17, 2020 @07:14PM (#24193410)
Not true. The main thing that happens is that methane reacts with hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere to produce water, formaldehyde, and ozone:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#Removal_pr...

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