https://dailywire.com/news/mit-study-gas-x-more-powerful-than-co…
Sulfur hexafluoride, a gas 24,300 times more potent at creating the greenhouse effect than carbon dioxide, is being released into the atmosphere at an alarming rate as China seeks to expand its electric power grid.
The findings were from a new study conducted by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Fudan University, Peking University, University of Bristol, and Meteorological Observation Center of China Meteorological Administration.
“Greenhouse gases differ widely in their global warming potential (GWP), or ability to absorb radiative energy and thereby warm the Earth’s surface,” MIT said. “For example, measured over a 100-year period, the GWP of methane is about 28 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2), and the GWP of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is 24,300 times that of CO2.”
Sulfur hexafluoride, SF6, is used “primarily in high-voltage electrical switchgear in electric power grids,” the report said, adding that atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas have skyrocketed as the global demand for electric power increases.
The report said that the increase in SF6 in the atmosphere, which communist China is largely responsible for, threatens the world’s efforts to combat so-called “climate change.”
“The researchers found that SF6 emissions in China almost doubled from 2.6 gigagrams (Gg) per year in 2011, when they accounted for 34 percent of global SF6 emissions, to 5.1 Gg per year in 2021, when they accounted for 57 percent of global total SF6 emissions,” the repor… Read more
@Ind3pend3ntPumaDemocrat1mo1MO
The rush to electrify everything under the sun without considering the full environmental and economic impacts is short-sighted at best. It's a classic case of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Let innovation and consumer choice drive the shift to more sustainable energy, rather than heavy-handed bans and regulations.
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And emissions by gasses such as SF6 is minimal in total amount. The gasses produced are both much easier to handle and manage, while also being a in a much smaller and more contained environment. These emissions account for a fraction of far less than 1% of global emissions and are completely irrelevant to the transformation of the energy grid to greener sources. Carbon still takes the cake, by a LOT.
