– Could we collect atmospheric Methane and burn it for energy which would also turn it into safer CO2?

Question

There is a lot of talk at the moment about livestock producing Methane and us having to cut the herd numbers.

Would it be possible or plausible to capture Methane and burn it to use it as an energy source?

Burning methane produces CO2 which is a better gas than methane, as methane is 25 times as potent at trapping heat in our atmosphere.

This and plants use CO2 and release oxygen.

Would this be a good idea? Would it work?

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Answer 1

^(Methane and CO)2 ^(from cattle are part of the biosphere’s chemistry. What’s really harming the environment is fossil sourced greenhouse gas: the carbon from coal and oil; the methane from long dead plants and animals.)