To REALLY get serious, look at CO2.

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et — 5/6/2005 4:21:15 PM (archived)

Methane is a greenhouse gas, and a stronger one at that, than carbon dioxide, all thing being equal. They're not equal though.

There's not nearly as much of it though so it's much less of a contributor to the effect than CO2. Apparently we're getting better at trapping it for energy use as I'm sure that landfill story is being repeated in many cases.

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The 140,000 year graph - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2005 6:29:47 PM
- Where's the recent CO2 spike? - Arthur Smith - 5/5/2005 7:54:58 PM
  - How about this? - Arthur Smith - 5/6/2005 5:30:57 AM
    - re: How about this? - gbaikie - 5/6/2005 7:04:31 AM
- Do you like that graph because it's misleading at first glance. - et - 5/5/2005 6:43:09 PM
  - Don't be so defensive. - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2005 7:22:09 PM
    - LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/5/2005 8:29:29 PM
      - Let's do some numbers - Gary - 5/6/2005 6:59:03 AM
        
        ROFL! Burger King's bad...but what about Taco Bell? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2005 9:18:55 AM
        
        I don't do Taco Bell anymore... - Gary - 5/6/2005 4:13:13 PM
        
        To get serious, you want methane, look at cows. - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2005 4:09:53 PM
        
        To REALLY get serious, look at CO2. - et - 5/6/2005 4:21:15 PM
        
        Cows? What about decomposing plankton and seaweed? - Gary - 5/6/2005 4:16:59 PM
        
        Plankton and seaweed wouldn't decompose were it not for human activities killing them. (n/t) - A. Leftleaner - 5/6/2005 5:43:27 PM
    - The Atkins diet causes people to release less methane? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 5/5/2005 7:54:01 PM
      - I notice that you avoid the fact you were shown a fool when you claimed Volcanoes caused the increased CO2 - R.L. - 5/5/2005 9:09:05 PM

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