Thursday, August 24, 2017

Methane and climate

Methane – a primary component of natural gas – leaks from drilling sites and pipelines which is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat.

The amount is now ~10% higher than the cow burps which now many scientists are struggling to develop the feed to mix so called 3-nitrooxypropanol that may reduce the methane by as much as 30%.

Now, the gas leakage poses additional climate risks and erodes the climate benefits of replacing coal with natural gas.

 

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