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Can methane be sequestered from the atmosphere

carlowplayer · 2015-03-08 18:36:48

Are there ways to extract methane from the atmosphere in the same way that carbon can be sequestered from the atmosphere

08-03-2015 06:36PM

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Are there ways to extract methane from the atmosphere in the same way that carbon can be sequestered from the atmosphere

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Methane is carbon

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the concentration is small, two parts per million

to remove 16g of it would have to process 2 million cubic meters of air.
the 12g of carbon would be about a level teaspoon full

and there is the inconvenience of methane being about half the density of air , so it goes skywards rapid

chemically it's reasonably inert 'cept for the whole burning thing

so the best thing to do is capture it at source,

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#4 13-03-2015 10:50PM

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The_Captain wrote: »

Methane is carbon

CH4

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