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Can methane be sequestered from the atmosphere

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  • 08-03-2015 7:36pm
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    carlowplayer
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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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    The_Captain
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    Methane is carbon


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    Capt'n Midnight
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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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    YFlyer
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    The_Captain wrote: »
    Methane is carbon

    CH4


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