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Originally Posted by RWebb
You can roughly estimate the effect of methane as 1/4 that of CO2 re warming. Climate change also includes ocean acidification and "CO2 happy" plants out-competing other plants, and methane has little effect for those issues. A further complication is that fracking HELPS with CO2 emissions but can elevate CH4 emissions if not done properly. Also, the dwell time of CO2 in the atmosphere is much longer than for CH4. All effects need to be quantified.
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And water vapor?
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