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5 million is just the milking cows. There are about 10million cattle in NZ.
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
5 million is just the milking cows. There are about 10million cattle in NZ.
The logical end point is that fossil fuel industry receives a large amount of credits for fixing methane leaks (cooling effect/negative gwp*) which they can use to offset ongoing CO2 emissions.
Frank Mitloehner once blocked me on twitter for suggesting this. Which I thought was funny, at the time.
Frank Mitloehner once blocked me on twitter for suggesting this. Which I thought was funny, at the time.
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The logical end point is that fossil fuel industry receives a large amount of credits for fixing methane leaks (cooling effect/negative gwp*) which they can use to offset ongoing CO2 emissions.
Frank Mitloehner once blocked me on twitter for suggesting this. Which I thought was funny, at the time.
Frank Mitloehner once blocked me on twitter for suggesting this. Which I thought was funny, at the time.
*high SLCP emitters in 2010
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
*high SLCP emitters in 2010
gwp* is next to useless for that though. It's only use is equating gases, which is not needed for split gas.
The actual comparison is:
*GHG in co2-eq (using GWP100) down 45% in 2030
v
*GHG in co2-we (using GWP*) down 50% in 2030
The change in metric makes it worse, high emitters in 2010 love it
The actual comparison is:
*GHG in co2-eq (using GWP100) down 45% in 2030
v
*GHG in co2-we (using GWP*) down 50% in 2030
The change in metric makes it worse, high emitters in 2010 love it
September 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
gwp* is next to useless for that though. It's only use is equating gases, which is not needed for split gas.
The actual comparison is:
*GHG in co2-eq (using GWP100) down 45% in 2030
v
*GHG in co2-we (using GWP*) down 50% in 2030
The change in metric makes it worse, high emitters in 2010 love it
The actual comparison is:
*GHG in co2-eq (using GWP100) down 45% in 2030
v
*GHG in co2-we (using GWP*) down 50% in 2030
The change in metric makes it worse, high emitters in 2010 love it
JFK wasn't shot down. He was on a boat, and the boat was rammed.
AI authors?
AI authors?
September 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
JFK wasn't shot down. He was on a boat, and the boat was rammed.
AI authors?
AI authors?
That sounds like it's worth a look. Did you use just the MethaneSAT portal or go in through google earth engine? Or special journo access?
July 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
That sounds like it's worth a look. Did you use just the MethaneSAT portal or go in through google earth engine? Or special journo access?
I can't find anything from MethaneSat about manure ponds or discussing their sensitivity for enteric. Let me know if you remember your source. Probably useless info until they can launch another one though.
July 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I can't find anything from MethaneSat about manure ponds or discussing their sensitivity for enteric. Let me know if you remember your source. Probably useless info until they can launch another one though.
Are you sure that wasn't GHGsat? www.ghgsat.com/en/newsroom/...
www.ghgsat.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Are you sure that wasn't GHGsat? www.ghgsat.com/en/newsroom/...
Only guess work based on the maps and the Algeria data doesn't seem to be in the viewer. What have you heard about the sensitivity?
July 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Only guess work based on the maps and the Algeria data doesn't seem to be in the viewer. What have you heard about the sensitivity?
Today's press release says they got 97 measurements over agricultural targets with ongoing work on that data.
www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/m...
Their disperse data maps suggest maybe some detection around 1kg/hr/sqkm. That would correspond to a stocking rate of around 1 cow/hectare. Maybe useful.
www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/m...
Their disperse data maps suggest maybe some detection around 1kg/hr/sqkm. That would correspond to a stocking rate of around 1 cow/hectare. Maybe useful.
MethaneSAT update, July 2025 | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
In a statement issued today, MethaneSAT LLC, owners of the MethaneSAT satellite, advised contact with the satellite was lost on 20 June and attempts to restore communication have been unsuccessful. The statement confirmed that the satellite has now lost power and it is likely unrecoverable.
www.mbie.govt.nz
July 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Today's press release says they got 97 measurements over agricultural targets with ongoing work on that data.
www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/m...
Their disperse data maps suggest maybe some detection around 1kg/hr/sqkm. That would correspond to a stocking rate of around 1 cow/hectare. Maybe useful.
www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/m...
Their disperse data maps suggest maybe some detection around 1kg/hr/sqkm. That would correspond to a stocking rate of around 1 cow/hectare. Maybe useful.
I'm sure Dave Frame has a respectable research history but his recent tendencies towards the type of academic who is afraid of universities becoming too woke must dent his credibility somewhat.
And there was also this gem:
And there was also this gem:
June 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I'm sure Dave Frame has a respectable research history but his recent tendencies towards the type of academic who is afraid of universities becoming too woke must dent his credibility somewhat.
And there was also this gem:
And there was also this gem:
Somewhat ironically he has now posted a response to the open letter behind a paywall.
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
The methane debate: what the open letter got wrong
It is easy to claim that New Zealand is using an “accounting trick” to measure methane emissions, as a group of scientists did last week in an open...
businessdesk.co.nz
June 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Somewhat ironically he has now posted a response to the open letter behind a paywall.
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
businessdesk.co.nz/article/prim...
Is it good that one of the NZ medias go-to climate voices appears to have become a FSU cooker?
January 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Is it good that one of the NZ medias go-to climate voices appears to have become a FSU cooker?