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Related: About this forum'Alarmingly High Methane Emissions' from Natural Gas Extraction
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/03-4New research on "alarmingly high methane emissions" brings further environmental scrutiny to natural gas extraction including fracking, and illustrates how the boom in the industry may well be a plan for climate disaster.
The findings, led by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), were presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, the journal Nature reports, and reiterated data the team first noted in February of 2012 that 4% of the methane produced at a field near Denver was escaping into the atmosphere. The team also presented preliminary findings from a Utah study that suggested an even higher rate of methane emissions9% of the total production.
NOAA describes methane as 25 times more potent of a greenhouse gas than CO2.
"We were expecting to see high methane levels, but I dont think anybody really comprehended the true magnitude of what we would see," says Colm Sweeney, who led the aerial component of the study as head of the aircraft program at NOAAs Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder.
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'Alarmingly High Methane Emissions' from Natural Gas Extraction (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2013
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1. Probably lead to
water straight from the tap being used to cook using ignited methane.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. FLAMBE!11 nt
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)3. nasa`s assessment on methane and the world`s climate
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)5. See also…
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)6. But wind will save us all!