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Technology Stocks : The *NEW* Frank Coluccio Technology Forum
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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (44362)12/4/2014 11:45:22 PM
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Yes. It's been a recurring theme on this thread for years.

On another list, we discussed something not noted in the quoted IEEE article ---

What It Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Change
Today’s renewable energy technologies won’t save us. So what will?

--- and that was the accelerant effect of fugitive methane emissions from fracking. While methane has a shorter atmospheric lifetime than CO2, it's 20 to 30 times more potent as a greenhouse gas.

Though many credible sources have pointed to this alarming fact, it doesn't get much MSM attention. What that means is that the public -- globally -- is being persuaded to adopt a "clean" alternative that short-term, is worse than the CO2 problem it's meant to mitigate.

It's true that IF there were only small (or zero) CH4 emissions, it would be a better alternative. But the opposite is true: enormous amounts of methane are released at time of drilling. Later, +5% of all wells begin leaking.

Nor is the effect of increasing permafrost methane emission calculated.



Arctic Methane Eruptions

The conclusion is correct -- renewable energy won't save us. We're already past the danger point. However, the rate of continuing deterioration is understated.

Jim
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