METHANE’S 20- AND 100-YEAR CLIMATE EFFECT IS LIKE ‘CO2 ON STEROIDS’

It traps atmospheric heat 87 times more effectively than CO2, then it becomes CO2 itself.

Tarika Powell, Sightline – February 12, 2019

Methane, the primary component of fracked gas, is a highly questionable solution for decarbonization or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Fracked gas is commonly purported to be a “cleaner” alternative to other fossil fuels but that notion comes from looking at only a pixel in the full emissions picture. Our common understandings are inaccurate. When researchers examine the full climate impact of natural gas, many conclude that it is not substantially better than other fossil fuels and under some circumstances may even be worse.

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