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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's not something to worry about. Yes we should limit these emissions, but in context it's not anywhere near many other GHG and they're much easier to limit than methane or CO2. It's waaaay down the list of things to worry about.
Yearly global CO2 emissions: 37.5 Gigatons
Yearly methane emissions: 0.135 Gigatons
Yearly global SF6 emissions: .000009 Gigatons
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You're missing a lot of context here.
You only need .00004 Gigatons of SF6 to equal 1 gigaton of CO2.
But it's actually a lot worse than that, because CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere via photosynthesis or other methods. Methane dissipates on its own after 12 years. SF6 stays in the atmosphere permanently one released, and there's no way to get it out.
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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
What specifically is your fear around SF6? Yes it’s terrible for the environment when released but what part of handling the gas to its use in high voltage applications is concerning to you?
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It's not "fear", it's concern due to a real potential danger. SF6 sometimes leaks, and it doesn't take a whole lot of leaks before it starts causing real and very long lasting harm. SF6 emissions may be very low now, but they are sharply increasing. And the real amount of leaks could be higher than what's reported.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Well that is a relief. The fear-mongering almost had me worried.
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Always resorting to snarky assholish one liners. Well done Azure.