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IbogaProject

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6. Methane is like 80x the first year or two after release.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 04:11 PM

Aug 15

It slowly turns into CO2 over 50 to 80 years. Yes the CO2E rating is higher than the baseline CO2 levels show, and worse our change is happening faster than anytime in geologic history. This is happening too fast for plants and everything associated with them to move.

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July 2025 Atmospheric CO2 Concentration 427.87 ppm; July 2024 425.55 ppm; July 2023 421.83 ppm [View all] hatrack Aug 15 OP

In the end... -misanthroptimist Aug 15 #1

Is 427.87 ppm bad? Bluestocking Aug 15 #2

The entire planet was 20 degrees warmer our last 420ppm IbogaProject Aug 15 #3

Thank you for the explanation Bluestocking Aug 15 #4

It's a poisoned choice . . . . hatrack Aug 15 #5

Methane is like 80x the first year or two after release. IbogaProject Aug 15 #6

Exactly - no time to adjust, for plants, animals or civilizations . . . hatrack Aug 15 #7

Whoa, just looked up Cheatgrass IbogaProject Aug 15 #8

And based on 2025 numbers to date, I'm going to go fearlessly out on a limb and say that . . . . hatrack Aug 15 #9