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Re: My belief in Global Warming is getting shaky
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Originally Posted by Eclipse Now
Thanks for that.
Now, this "20 times more powerful than Co2" is an interesting abbreviation, because isn't it something like 70 times more powerful with the refraction process but has a different lifespan in the atmosphere so they divide it by the time difference to come up with only 20 times as powerful?
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It depends on what time frame you're looking at. Methane is 70 times more powerful than CO2 in the 20 year span, but drops to 20x over 100 years, which is what most regulators use. Here's a nifty tidbit on global warming potential.
Global warming potential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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