Part 3: Methane Chaos?
According to Dr Joel Kauffman, Emeritus
Professor of Chemistry at The University of the
Sciences in Philadelphia: ‘From the top
down, the factor by which methane is a
‘greater danger’ than carbon
dioxide varies widely depending on whom you
talk to.
‘The U.S. Geological Survey Energy
Resource Surveys Program posted that:
“According to recent estimates,
atmospheric methane accounts for about 15
percent of the “radiative
forcing” added to the atmosphere.
Methane as a molecule contributes about
70
times more radiative
forcing, by weight, than does carbon dioxide,
but its short residence time of 8 to 12 years
in the atmosphere, (about 5 percent that of
carbon dioxide), means that reductions in
methane emissions will have significant
short-term benefits.” [6]
‘David Blume, author of Alcohol Can
Be a Gas actually cites on p62 the utterly
discredited IPCC of the UN for the outlandish
claims that methane is 62
times as potent as carbon dioxide
as a “greenhouse gas”. [7]
‘And www.nature.com posted that:
“Methane is a far more effective global
warmer than carbon dioxide
and last year saw another 27 million tonnes of
it in the atmosphere after a decade of no
change…”[8]
‘David Chandler, MIT News Office
wrote: “Given that, pound for pound,
methane is 25
times more powerful as a
greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, the
situation will require careful monitoring in
the near future.”[9]
‘In an unsigned posting,
www.America.gov wrote that: “Over 200
years, methane concentrations in the atmosphere
have more than doubled, largely because of
human activity. Methane is 23
times better at trapping heat in
the atmosphere than is carbon dioxide, so
reducing methane emissions is a good short-term
way to address global warming.”[10]
‘In an unsigned and undated posting,
the EPA wrote that: “Methane is about
21
times more powerful at warming
the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2) by
weight. ‘Richard Black, Environment
correspondent, BBC News website, wrote that:
“The gas is about 20 times more potent
than carbon dioxide in terms of its warming
effect.”[11] ‘Dr William Dillon,
US Geological Survey, wrote: “Methane, a
‘greenhouse’ gas, is 10 times
more effective than carbon dioxide in causing
climate warming.”[12]
‘NASA wrote: “Methane is
second only to carbon dioxide in contributing
to global warming. It is a naturally occurring
gas, a product of a variety of biological
processes.”[13] ‘Chris Colose, on
10 Nov 08, wrote: “As you can see, CO2 is actually
much more efficient than methane
at cutting off the outgoing longwave radiation
[from the Earth]. That is, intrinsically
speaking, methane is not as good a greenhouse
gas as carbon dioxide.”[14]
‘Monte Hieb, on January 10, 2003,
wrote: “Water vapor constitutes
Earth’s most significant greenhouse gas,
accounting for about 95% of Earth’s
greenhouse effect (4). Interestingly, many
‘facts and figures’ regarding
global warming completely ignore the powerful
effects of water vapor in the greenhouse
system, carelessly (perhaps, deliberately) overstating human
impacts as much as
20-fold.”[15]
‘Have you ever seen a better
reduction to an absurdity? Among these 11
posts, which is correct? None overall.
The 'warmers' can't even get this right
Part 1:
Introduction | Part
2:The IPCC’s Argument | Part 3:
Methane chaos | Part 4: Science and
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