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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature

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Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature

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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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The team is now gearing up to test its methane munching technology beyond the laboratory and will use a 40-foot container-sized prototype at livestock barns in Denmark.
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    I’ll take two; one to put in my bed and one for my underwear

    • FlaminGoku@reddthat.com
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      Most people don’t have methane in their farts.

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        You seem knowledgeable. How can I increase my methane output?

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          Biogas generator

        • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world
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          Eat a cow whole… I’ll give you my fork …

          its super effective.

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        What makes farts flammable then?

        • FlaminGoku@reddthat.com
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          Methane. Not everyone can light their farts on fire.

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            Poor bastards

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    “Today’s livestock farms are high-tech facilities where ammonia is already removed from the air. As such, removing methane through existing air purification systems is an obvious solution,”

    sounds like it will be something they can just add to existing systems at big livestock operations, and the removal rate is pretty high

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      I feel like this will cause a huge “rebound effect” (not sur if it’s the correct translation)

      • platypus_plumba@lemmy.world
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        You could elaborate your point instead of using a word you’re unsure about.

        • TheBatz@sh.itjust.works
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          Sure, reducing the methane emissions of a few farms might lead to an increased consumption of meat. Which would annihilate the positive effect brought by such innovation.

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    Really exciting development for the climate change mitigation toolkit. Let’s hope it’s not too challenging or costly to scale up and deploy.

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      I still feel that these will be used in place of structural changes and we’ll just end up polluting more.

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        Does that really matter if there are proper systems to deal with the pollution?

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          Yeah because it’s not fixing the problem, really it’s just passing it off to a future generation

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            Reminds me of this a bit recursive trolley problem

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            deleted by creator

        • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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          Combatting symptoms is nice and all, but ideally you’d want to remove the reason these symptoms exist in the first place.

        • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works
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          https://youtu.be/0SYpUSjSgFg

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    So glad it can be monetized otherwise there’s nothing we could possibly do to reverse climate change

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      Can it be monetised more than destroying the environment though?

      • commanderbalok@lemmynsfw.com
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        Doubtful

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    Now a meme with real world applications. How would livestock wear pants?

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      Probably just a big pad over their asses

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        But only over the rear two legs? Or all four legs?

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          The rear two plus suspenders, obviously.

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    Over a 25-year period, though, methane is 85 times worse for the climate than carbon dioxide.

    Doesn’t it get reduced in the athmosphere in about 5 years to mostly CO2?

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      Yes but the heat it retains in that time is 85x the effect of base CO2, which makes sense: decomposition of the methane releases energy. It does a much better job of reflecting the IR until it breaks down, then in the act of breaking down releases energy.

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      The atmospheric half life of methaine is just under 10 years. So if you release 1k lbs of methaine in 10 years there will be 500 lbs left 10 years after that ther will be 250 ect.

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        1k lbs

        😡

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          1k lbs is a perfectly cromulent unit of enbiggenment, colloquially known as “Calebs”.

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            Give me washing machines or give me death

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          Indeed that’s 10 hundredweight. Which maybe ironically enough is rather intuitive for me, Germany still uses pounds and hundredweight (Zentner) in informal and sectorial use, meaning 500g and 50kg.

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            I believe that’s 80 stone

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          Not a fan of kilopounds, klbs?

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            It’s a good replacement for the heavy-fridge unit.

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          America is slowly switching to the metric system: metric pounds, metric feet, you know…

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          I mean, it’s more clear than 0.5 tons, since “tons” doesn’t specify US or metric. Not that it would matter in this specific instance.

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            But if it doesn’t matter, what’s the problem with tons?

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        It’s complicated. The breakdown of methane in the atmosphere depends on hydroxyl radicals that are created at a regular rate. If you have more and more methane released, and/or you have other chemicals that also react with those radicals, the overall average half life will increase. Both those things are happening, so the old half life really isn’t as accurate as it used to be. Guess which number the IPCC still uses for its models though.

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        Guess i remembered wrong.

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