Re: OIL OUTPUT SOARS IN IRAQ >>> Looks like the Liberals were the idiot and Palin was the smart one.

On 6/06/12 8:04, in article
gotermite-16D895.01044606062012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jean"
<gotermite@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Escaped methane is a worse greenhouse gas than CO2. Methane oxidation leave
four times as much CO2. Hydrogen leaves water.

Per molecule methane is worse, but the concentration of it in the atmosphere
is nowhere nearly as high. CO2 concentration steadily increase. Methane
increases have been steady
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mlo_ch4_ts_obs_03437.png`
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The major worry of methane is from natural sources ar as a result
of global warming.

Methane is oxidized in the atmosphere, itself half-life comparatively
short.

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