“No reliable source has ever stated or even hinted at the possibility that in the future methane may no longer be a greenhouse gas.” — EricH
Mikey, that was all stuff you should have learned in a high school biology class. I wonder about you sometimes. :confused: — frank
Everybody knows that the best way to solve global-warming/climate-change is to NOT get a good education. :sad: — Agree to Disagree
Nobody has time for education. :razz: — frank
a constant emission of biogenic methane does not cause any ADDITIONAL global warming because when it breaks down the CO2 is absorbed by plants. — Agree to Disagree
Have I finally made myself clear? — EricH
If you are emitting a constant amount of methane then that will replace the methane that is breaking down into CO2.
So a constant emission of biogenic methane between 2023 and 2035 will continue to contribute an ADDITIONAL 0.0224° F ( 0.012° C) — EricH
If the total amount of methane in the atmosphere is constant then how can it be causing additional global warming? — Agree to Disagree
Perhaps the confusion here is with the word "additional". Would you agree with this sentence: — EricH
This additional methane from human activity contributes 14% of global warming.
The rate of warming since 1981 is 0.32° F (0.18° C) per decade.
0.14 * 0.32° F = 0.0448° F ( 0.025° C)
So methane is currently causing roughly 0.0448 °F ( 0.025° C) increase in global temp per decade. — EricH
The energy sector (i.e. fossil methane) is responsible for around 40% of total methane emissions attributable to human activity, second only to agriculture. — EricH
If biogenic methane stays constant over the next decade, then that by itself is going to increase global temp by 0.0224° F ( 0.012° C) per decade - because that's what it is doing today and it's going to continue to do that (the laws of physics are not changing). — EricH
If biogenic methane stays constant over the next decade, then that by itself is going to increase global temp by 0.0224° F ( 0.012° C) per decade - because that's what it is doing today and it's going to continue to do that (the laws of physics are not changing).
— EricH
This statement is incorrect and I am not saying that the laws of physics are changing. If biogenic methane stays constant over the next decade then that by itself will not increase the amount of global warming. Your calculation of 0.0224° F ( 0.012° C) per decade is NOT based on constant emissions of biogenic methane. — Agree to Disagree
There is such a thing as overthinking an issue. — LuckyR
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