• @jaybone
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    48 months ago

    Could we … burn it out of the atmosphere?

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      148 months ago

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

      • @TheBiscuitLout
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        18 months ago

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

        • @[email protected]OPM
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          28 months ago

          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
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            18 months ago

            Can you explain the cow comment further please?

            • @[email protected]
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              18 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]OPM
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              18 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.