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Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane (spacenews.com)
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[–] jaybone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could we … burn it out of the atmosphere?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It oxidizes after a few years; problem is that we are adding more at a rate faster than it breaks down

[–] TheBiscuitLout 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How about drone strikes then? Like big undeclared man made sources of methane get a drone up the corn hole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Three types of problems:

  • oil and gas facilities with a leak. You may release more methane by expanding the hole
  • cows. The cattle themselves are innocent. It's the people raising them are the problem
  • insurance: one off attacks don't do much as a result. It takes repeated and sustained harm to shut thigns down, which means you're likely to end up up in prison
[–] jaxxed 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can you explain the cow comment further please?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Not op, but: Cows emit methane, but that's just their natural state as they fart. The problem is how many we have in the meat production industry

Someone correct me, but I think that was the gist.
Or did I understand you wrong? :⁠-⁠\

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Cows use bacteria in their digestion to break down ceulose into something they can digest. Those bacteria produce methane, which the cows burp out.

Killing a few cows accomplishes nothing; you need to get people to stop raising them.