Methane gas in the Arctic is a ticking “Time Bomb” say scientists.
It states, and I quote ”Scientists say that the release of large amounts of methane from thawing permafrost in the Arctic could have huge economic impacts for the world.”
It also goes on to say “The researchers estimate that the climate effects of the release of this gas could cost $60 trillion (£39 trillion), roughly the size of the global economy in 2012.”
Well, excuse me, but if we’re talking large amounts of dosh like that, maybe we should be looking closer to home for a solution. I don’t know about you, but I see no reason to go rushing into the Arctic, trudging through vast regions of snow, ice and sludge, cracking whips and shouting “Mush” through frost-bitten lips, just to sort out something that has really nothing to do with us, (did we learn nothing from Iraq or Afghanistan?)
Rather, I suggest we reduce the emission of domestically produced methane, thence the danger from the Arctic’s supply, spread over the entire planet, would, effectively, be neutralised.
But how? I hear you ask.
To answer that, I need only draw your attention to a paragraph in the above mentioned article, “Previous blah, blah, that blah, blah, blah, diminishing blah, blah, blah, in the East Siberian sea is allowing the waters to warm and the methane to leach out. Scientists have found plumes of the gas up to a kilometre in diameter rising from these waters.”
“UP TO A KILOMETRE IN DIAMETER !” Now that may lead you to believe that your methane producing fart in the bath is inconsequential. But try to look at the overall picture, there are just over 59 million people in the UK, each of us producing an average of 14 methane-contaminated farts a day, that’s 59 million farts x 14. Looked at in that light, the realisation comes that that’s not something to be sniffed at.
So, my solution is for all of us to pull together, and refrain from breaking wind in the bath, if not for ourselves, then for the sake of our children, and our children’s children.
Thank you for your kind attention.
