{"id":2216064,"date":"2024-04-08T22:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mit-study-gas-24000x-more-powerful-than-co2-being-released-from-chinas-power-grid\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T22:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:30:41","slug":"mit-study-gas-24000x-more-powerful-than-co2-being-released-from-chinas-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mit-study-gas-24000x-more-powerful-than-co2-being-released-from-chinas-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT Study Reveals Gas 24,000 Times More Potent Than CO2 Emitted by China&#8217;s Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmit-study-gas-24000x-more-powerful-than-co2-being-released-from-chinas-power-grid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216064&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sulfur hexafluoride, \u200da greenhouse gas 24,300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, is rapidly emitted into the atmosphere due to China&#8217;s power grid \u2062expansion. \u200dThe concerning findings are\u200d from a \u2063recent study by researchers \u200dfrom MIT, Fudan University, Peking University, University of Bristol, and Meteorological Observation Center of\u200c China Meteorological Administration. The \u2063study \u2063highlights \u2064the urgent need for emissions control measures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Sulfur hexafluoride, a gas 24,300 times more potent at creating the greenhouse effect than carbon dioxide, is being released into the atmosphere at an alarming rate as China seeks to expand its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ercot-asking-texas-residents-to-conserve-power-amid-threat-of-more-power-outages-in-state\/\" title=\"ERCOT asking Texas residents to conserve power amid threat of more power outages in state\">electric power grid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were from a new <a href=\"https:\/\/eaps.mit.edu\/news-impact\/atmospheric-observations-in-china-show-rise-in-emissions-of-a-potent-greenhouse-gas\/\">study<\/a> conducted by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Fudan University, Peking University, University of Bristol, and Meteorological Observation Center of China Meteorological Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenhouse gases differ widely in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/madison-dibble-the-unintended-consequences-of-declaring-climate-emergency\/\" title=\"Madison Dibble: The Unintended Consequences Of Declaring \"Climate Emergency\"\">global warming potential<\/a> (GWP), or ability to absorb radiative energy and thereby warm the Earth\u2019s surface,\u201d MIT said. \u201cFor example, measured over a 100-year period, the GWP of methane is about 28 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2), and the GWP of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is 24,300 times that of CO2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sulfur hexafluoride, SF6, is used \u201cprimarily in high-voltage electrical switchgear in electric power grids,\u201d the report said, adding that atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas have skyrocketed as the global demand for electric power increases.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the increase in SF6 in the atmosphere, which communist China is largely responsible for, threatens the world\u2019s efforts to combat so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blames-president-trump-climate-change-for-migrant-surge\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi blames President Trump, \u2018climate change\u2019 for migrant surge\">-called \u201cclimate change<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe researchers found that SF6 emissions in China almost doubled from 2.6 gigagrams (Gg) per year in 2011, when they accounted for 34 percent of global SF6 emissions, to 5.1 Gg per year in 2021, when they accounted for 57 percent of global total SF6 emissions,\u201d the report said. \u201cThis increase from China over the 10-year period \u2014 some of it emerging from the country\u2019s less-populated western regions \u2014 was larger than the global total SF6 emissions rise, highlighting the importance of lowering SF6 emissions from China in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SF6 gasses that escape in the atmosphere last for more than a thousand years and with a negative impact 24,300 times greater than CO2, the stakes could not be higher as officials seek to force consumers to abandon gas powered vehicles and switch to electric vehicles which requires having a robust power grid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny increase in SF6 emissions this century will effectively alter our planet\u2019s radiative budget \u2014 the balance between incoming energy from the sun and outgoing energy from the Earth \u2014 far beyond the multi-decadal time frame of current climate policies,\u201d says MIT Joint Program and CGCS Director Ronald Prinn, a coauthor of the study. \u201cSo it\u2019s imperative that China and all other nations take immediate action to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, their SF6 emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent MIT study found that sulfur hexafluoride, a gas 24,300 times more potent than CO2 in causing the greenhouse effect, is rapidly entering the atmosphere due to China&#8217;s power grid expansion. 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