The climate threat of methane gas expansion is growing, and the public remains largely unaware — in part because of misinformation and misleading terminology.
Burning methane actually reduces it’s greenhouse has potential by turning it into CO2. Not saying we should expand extraction of methane if it leads to methane leakage, but if methane is going to go into the atmosphere anyways it would be climate friendly to capture it and burn it for heat or electricity. A Landfill near me collects the methane that the garbage produces and pipes it to greenhouses to burn for heat and CO2 that contribute to crop yields.
Yes, for methane which would have otherwise entered the atmosphere, as with landfill gas.
The big issue is that we’re extracting methane in order to burn it, so both the CO2 from burning it, plus the leaked methane along the way are causing additional warming.
Burning methane actually reduces it’s greenhouse has potential by turning it into CO2. Not saying we should expand extraction of methane if it leads to methane leakage, but if methane is going to go into the atmosphere anyways it would be climate friendly to capture it and burn it for heat or electricity. A Landfill near me collects the methane that the garbage produces and pipes it to greenhouses to burn for heat and CO2 that contribute to crop yields.
Yes, for methane which would have otherwise entered the atmosphere, as with landfill gas.
The big issue is that we’re extracting methane in order to burn it, so both the CO2 from burning it, plus the leaked methane along the way are causing additional warming.