• TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    mmmnope. Heard of the clathrate bomb?

    There is a fuckton of methane locked in permafrost soils.

    Once they start to melt, you get a chain reaction.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Methane is very potent, and will cause issues for sure. You’re absolutely right about that. But it also has a much shorter half life than carbon does, so it doesn’t have the same kind of long term effects as carbon does.