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3. Methane traps 34 times the heat that CO2 does

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 02:39 PM

Nov 2013

If you "only" produce 2.74 kg of CO2 for every kg of methane, you're ahead by a good percentage on heat retension. Of course, you are also producing heat by burning the methane so I don't know how that factors into the equation.

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Arctic Methane Releases [View all] sulphurdunn Nov 2013 OP

For every kilogram of methane that is burnt, 2.74 kg of carbon dioxide is produced. dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #1

See your point, but sulphurdunn Nov 2013 #2

Methane traps 34 times the heat that CO2 does OnlinePoker Nov 2013 #3

Time to gather it up, compress it and ship it to me..... rgbecker Nov 2013 #4

I don't know. sulphurdunn Nov 2013 #5