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When I read it I also wondered: "Why noone is pointing out that methane emissions also increase global warming?"

I have no idea ho much methane can be released, since I don't even know how much Russia is mining or anything like that...

But it sounds a lot (since in Ukraine crisis Russian gas is a big point), so if all that leaks out it would greatly accelerate global warming no? (thus releasing even more gas!)

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>> Why noone is pointing out that methane emissions also increase global warming?

Methane produces a much stronger greenhouse effect than CO2, so the obvious solution is to capture it and use it for fuel, which will convert it to CO2.

So we have to firebomb the craters?

Wouldn't that be too much, too late?

The idea is to capture it before it escapes its previously permafrosted enclosure.

The idea is that if we cannot capture it, we should at least convert it to a less harmful gas (CO2).

Wouldn't the conversion process cause explosions that potentially release much more methane than would otherwise have been released?

Methane is indeed a stronger greenhouse gas, but it also has a much shorter 'lifespan' of 8-10 years.

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