• @saigot@lemmy.ca
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      30 days ago

      ~~Methane needs 5-16PPM [PDF] to be detectable with human smell. Atmospheric Methane is at about 2ppm. So the vast majority of people would not notice a difference. ~~

      nvm see below

      • methane doesn’t have an odor, you linked to the data sheet of trichlorofluoromethane, a completely different molecule

        The gas in your house is artificially made stinky so that people would notice leaks and blow their house up, which happened a lot back when the stinky chemicals weren’t added and it was odorless

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          That’s what I get for moving quick, thank you. I guess the overall point that methane will not make the atmosphere smell still holds