Not exact matches
Almost all
of the
methane leakage calculated from the Texas research «could be affected by this measurement failure,» according to the paper; «their study
appears to have systematically underestimated
emissions.»
Hamburg: Our study reinforces the fact that specific source types for
methane are higher than current E.P.A. and EDGAR inventories suggest, and they do indeed need more attention because
emissions in some regions
of the US
appear to be substantially higher than previously estimated.
(With respect to observations
of large and previously unknown CH4
emissions from the ESAS, to my limited understanding these
appear more likely to be trapped geological
methane venting through sea - bed permafrost perforated by warming than to be from major hydrates» melting).
Until
methane leakage rates are scientifically determined, any ghg inventory or projection
of future
emissions should identify the range
of leakage rates that
appear in the extant literature.
These efforts
appeared to miss
emissions progress made by industry — which wants to capture as much
methane as possible for customers — and the benefits
of EPA and state regulations.
Shown an earlier version
of the research, Jeffrey Firkins, an agricultural researcher at the Ohio State University, noted that the design is powerful because it captures a «dose - response» relationship — the more
of the inhibitor cows were given, the more their
methane emissions appeared to go down.