[HN Gopher] Plan to cut overlooked methane emissions could help ...
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       Plan to cut overlooked methane emissions could help stop global
       warming faster
        
       Author : bryanrasmussen
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-08-03 18:46 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | 627467 wrote:
       | > Methane is the second most potent greenhouse gas, but only
       | about 2% of global climate finance goes towards cutting methane
       | emissions.
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       | Anyone else gets very annoyed by these types of phrasing? how
       | many greenhouse gases are there and do we know if the second most
       | potent one has much bigger share of the effect than 2%?
        
         | poikroequ wrote:
         | It's estimated that methane may contribute to about 30% of
         | global warming. I agree it's poorly phrased, but it's still a
         | very important point.
        
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