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_gravy_train_ t1_ittk35o wrote

Reply to comment by NekuraHitokage in Move over, diesel: Ohio gets ‘first of its kind’ renewable gas station by redingerforcongress

I’m prett sure methane is worse add far as green house gases go, so if we are able to capture it and turn it into carbon dioxide, that’s at least a little better.

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NekuraHitokage t1_ittnfz5 wrote

Man. I'm pretty sure cyanide is worse as far as poisons go. If we can sip antifreeze instead that's at least a little better.

None are better than another, some are merely worse. It might take more antifreeze to kill you, but they'll both kill you.

Consider methane a nearly literal greenhouse as it rapidly traps heat and co2 a wool blanket. Methane traps a lot very quickly, and CO2 keeps it here.

They both need capture and scrubbing in some nature, not conversion.

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thatguy01001010 t1_ittqm9y wrote

But the difference is that nobody needs to drink poison, but the world still actively and perpetually needs energy. I'm 100% in agreement that we're destroying the planet, but there needs to be time allowed for compromise and conversion to other methods unless you're planning on literally killing half the human population yourself, because that's what it'll take to convince a lot of them.

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YumaRuchi t1_ittqnq3 wrote

this would be a brilliant comparison if we drank cyanide daily, but we don't, you are going from good to bad here, while in his point he was going to bad to slightly less bad, which is a win.

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NekuraHitokage t1_ituww7y wrote

On fire and slightly less on fire are both bad. Their framing means nothing.

It is to say they are both poison and we need be rid of them both. Use alcohol as the comparison then, the point stands. Sorry folks are upset we're at the stage where this doesn't matter. If this came about 20 to 30 years ago maybe, but now it is moot.

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KeijiKiryira t1_itubn5t wrote

> None are better than another, some are merely worse.

So in other words, most are better than some.

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NekuraHitokage t1_itv06vl wrote

If you have three different acids, all corrosive yet some are merely more acidic than others, would you say any of them are good to pour on your face?

In the same vein, I was saying all greenhouse gasses are bad and some are worse than others. None of them are "good" all of them are "bad" it is merely that some are worse than others.

Pushing off the due date and claiming this is "clean" is bad. Offer it, utilize it as a stopgap sure... It's foolish to call it "clean" or think it "better." It is merely buying time on the clock.

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