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Thomas Friedman at the New York Times takes climate stupidity to a new level
Methane released in the atmosphere contributes much more to climate change than CO2.
Methane makes up less than 0.000002 mole fraction of the atmosphere. If everyone in Camp Nou last night were a molecule of the atmosphere, odds are that none of them would be methane.
All of the minimal absorption bands of methane are completely overlapped by water vapor. Methane has almost no effect on the Earth’s radiative energy balance. Friedman is an idiot. He has no idea what he is talking about.
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Even if you don’t burn it, Methane (CH4) oxidizes fairly rapidly, changing into harmless CO2 and water. The average lifetime of a molecule of CH4 in the atmosphere is estimated to be only about 8-12 years. That means there would have to be a large sustained increase in anthropogenic CH4 emissions to cause much increase in long-term average atmospheric CH4 levels (currently a bit under 2 ppm).