• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    The output is water, right? Wouldn’t this put more water vapor in the atmosphere? Because water vapor also increases the greenhouse effect.

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      2 years ago

      However since water vapors also create clouds which reflect light it is definitely bettern than co2

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      2 years ago

      a bigger problem is that hydrogen that leaks out reacts with free hydroxides that would otherwise break down methane into co2