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The Methane Misconceptions

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  • Wilson Flood

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A doubling of the amount of methane in the atmosphere with its present composition would produce a warming equal to only about one thirtieth of the warming produced by a doubling of carbon dioxide. At present rates of increase it would take about 360 years for atmospheric methane levels to double. Molecule for molecule, methane is 7 times more effective at being a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Present changes in atmospheric methane levels pose no environmental risk whatsoever.

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  • Wilson Flood, 2011. "The Methane Misconceptions," Energy & Environment, , vol. 22(3), pages 233-239, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:22:y:2011:i:3:p:233-239
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