Fire breathing cows. Sounds like there might be a lot of unanticipated consequences.Those methane burners would have to be put on cows' faces since almost all the methane they emit comes from belches not farts!Well, releasing methane in vast chunks may not affect the atmosphere at all should some sneaky, little vandalistic person wander over the lake with a flame-thrower, some lichen seed spores and the odd barrel of hygroscopic kitty litter. The burmer to kill the methane, the lichen to soak up the carbon dioxide and the litter to drink up the water that forms from the hydrogen in the former methane. Though as the source is a lake, the water might just be left to natural processes.
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I am confused by the word "potentially". I thought that it is a fact that methane absorbs infrared light. So, why the "potentially"?
As a plan, it's idiotic but it might just work. Attaching little methane burners to cows' bums could also become a world-saving notion someday. Maybe. If humans ever go truly weird.
Statistics: Posted by Chris Peterson — Sun Dec 29, 2024 7:49 pm — Replies 9 — Views 250