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Methane has a short half life in the atmosphere though, so this in no way reduces the need to cut CO2.

Methane degrades to water and C02.

So, every bit of methane in the atmosphere spends decades as a drastically more potent warming gas than C02 (25x more), and then becomes C02 to continue warming at a lower potency.

It's spelled see-oh-two, not see-zero-two.

In each molecule of CO2:

* "C" is carbon. There is one (implied) carbon atom.

* "O" is oxygen. There are two oxygen atoms.

CO2 is not the only molecule that causes the greenhouse effect. Methane is far more effective at heating up the atmosphere despite its short half life. That is why it is so dangerous.

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