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Afrersize · 12-21-2012, 06:17 PM

If its not as strong a greenhouse gas then why not stop drilling CNG (which is about the same thing) so much, and just tap into landfill/sewage treatment/animal methane gas?
I read somewhere that methane gas is a greenhouse gas 23 times as heat trapping as CO2, but yet CNG produces 21% less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline.

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Afrersize EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southern Tier, New York Posts: 47 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Is it true or not that methane gas is a Greenhouse gas stronger than CO2? If its not as strong a greenhouse gas then why not stop drilling CNG (which is about the same thing) so much, and just tap into landfill/sewage treatment/animal methane gas? I read somewhere that methane gas is a greenhouse gas 23 times as heat trapping as CO2, but yet CNG produces 21% less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline.