EDF’s Methane Planes & Satellites Measuring the Wrong Sources

A Ph.D. writing an article for the Forbes website touts efforts by the radicalized Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in sniffing out methane by using both planes and (now) satellites. The Ph.D. opens his article with a factually incorrect statement: "MethaneSAT is a satellite designed to measure emissions of methane, the second most common greenhouse gas (GHG)." Water vapor is Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas. It's responsible for about half of Earth's greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide comes in at number two. Methane is a distant third in the list. Given the incorrect opening statement by our Ph.D., it makes you wonder what other mistakes there are in the article.

---

To view this content, log into your member account. (Not a member? Join Today!)