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Old 06-18-2017, 03:16 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Less than that - the residence time is less than a decade. And as I keep trying to point out, biogenic methane is a natural part of the Earth's biosphere. It it wasn't being produced by cows - say they all were killed off by a vegan conspiracy - it would be produced by other animals, bacteria, wetlands, plants...
Just like how oil is a natural part of the environment - if we weren't digging it out of the ground, it would eventually make its way out on its own, through tectonic activity - like in Alberta and Venezuela.

Expect the rates aren't the same. Sure, methane exists in nature, but if we're producing more of it than would naturally happen, there will be more of it in the atmosphere.

See what's wrong with that argument?
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