Forget CO2 - Go After Methane and Soot

A team of reputable scientists suggests that policy should target emissions of methane and soot rather than carbon dioxide.

Dave talking about coal: http://youtu.be/7Y1waikoBZs
Koller Kounterpoint to Cenk on global warming: http://youtu.be/7Y1waikoBZs
Thoughts on global warming from a strip mall: http://youtu.be/quz97tm-JoY

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• global warming
• Dave koller
• soot
• methane
• carbon
• Global Warming
• climate
• change
• Carbon dioxide

[neoslasher09]

@ssuuppeerrbbooyy LMAO literally.

[EST0PA]

There should be a ban on farting. Especially for girls, its disgusting when they do it.

[Saaduk92]

Methane isn't treated as the bigger problem because Methane does it's entirety of damage in something like 10-15 years. CO2, on the other hand, spreads that out over centuries.

Which is why it's usually given priority.

[dugfriendly]

Methane is the real deal, when it comes to global warming.

Check out "methane burps" at the Energy Bulletin, reprinted from the Baltimore Sun

[ron7006]

oh crap, gotta go.  my plane leaves in an hour.

[styrofoamheart]

global dimming is the solution. we need more contrails. 

[dorsk188]

Kangaroos metabolize their digestive waste gases and use it for energy, releasing essentially no methane.  Imagine how much greener we could be if people ate kangaroos instead of cows.

[jenisedai]

Supposedly cows are big producers of methane, but a lot of that is because commercial farms feed them corn, which cows can't fully process. Cows who live on grain don't produce anywhere near as much methane.

[Agnotio]

CO2 and soot are linked quite often though (such as in coal-fired power plants), so addressing one also addresses the other. Methane might be more of a separate issue.

[crackerz99]

We wouldn't have this problem if we colonized other planets...