[huskerlug] Re: methane
- From: "techworld.mail" <techworld.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:38:01 -0500
Obviously you aren't going to convince anyone here :p There seriously
are about a billion forums to debate politics. I'd suggest finding a
good one and letting rip. I would like to see this mailing list used
more for technology/linux and less for inflammatory issues like politics.
John Vogel wrote:
> Joe, please just drop this entire global warming debate.
> You aren't convincing anyone. This mailing list should
> be used for stuff related to linux. Besides, the major
> portion of the carbon dioxie produced in the U.S. is
> from cars and its not like we will have an alternative
> to gas any time soon.
> On 4/23/08, John Vogel <jpvogel1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It seems you never read the entire article.
>> I was refering to the last paragraph.
>>
>> "Methane is 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide,
>> but there's far less of it in the atmosphere. When related climate affects
>> are taken into account, *methane's overall climate impact is nearly half
>> that of carbon dioxide."*
>>
>> So a little methane will have a much larger impact than carbon dioxide.
>> Fortunately, methane decays into water and carbon dioxide with a half life
>> of 7 years.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/23/08, Joseph Smith <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> ... not 25 million tons..
>>>
>>> actually, if you read the article you'd realize how offtopic your
>>> point was.
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Derek J. Augustine wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "looks like the warming in the north is finally emitting appreciable
>>>> amounts of methane."
>>>>
>>>> Cows farts also emit appreciable amounts of methane...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joseph Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> looks like the warming in the north is finally emitting appreciable
>>>>> amounts of methane. this is bad folks. wait until all that trapped
>>>>> methane under the sea is released. i guess then i'll at least get to
>>>>> say, "i told you so...."
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/23/greenhouse.gases.ap/index.html
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