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The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules
jauntywundrkind: Just another day owning the libs, and the planet, and humanity in general. The assault against humanity reason judgement science and the world goes on!On social media, I've been using the hashtag hostis humani generis. A latin designation usually used in maritime contexts for pirates slave traders and war criminals, for enemies of all mankind. They remind me of The Affront in The Culture series. I suspect the administration like that Affront would gladly take the name. https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/Affront
Simulacra: I am not surprised by this, what else does someone in government regulations do? Work in government, the industry, or lobby. It's all a revolving door regardless of political party/ideology, but I get it. It's a narrow field. Regulators under past Administrations are now lobbyists and vice versa.
leeoniya: > Sen. Sheldon Whitehouseok, i was confused for a minute.> And, given that the gas breaks down relatively quickly, this would have been one of the fastest ways to reduce global warming.s/quickly/slowly?
brendoelfrendo: No, quickly is correct. Methane in the atmosphere has a lifespan of about 12 years, if I recall correctly. That means that if you stop emitting it, then the warming effect of atmospheric methane would subside over the course of a decade. This is as compared to CO2, which is a much weaker greenhouse gas, but does not break down naturally over time. Atmospheric CO2 has to be absorbed by natural processes (oceanic absorption, plant photosynthesis, etc) otherwise it exists in the atmosphere effectively forever.
