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The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2) which is emitted by the use of fossil fuels and by the burning of forests; methane (CH4) which comes from decaying degradable matter, e.g. in landfill sites, and from livestock; nitrous oxides (N2O) from fertilisers, industrial processes, and fossil fuel burning; and a group of other gases, such as perfluoromethane
Major British Review on Economics of Climate Change « Climate Audit 2005
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One good candidate for such a gas would be perfluoromethane, CF4, which also has the desirable feature of being very long-lived stable for more than 10,000 years in an upper atmosphere.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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One good candidate for such a gas would be perfluoromethane, CF4, which also has the desirable feature of being very long-lived stable for more than 10,000 years in an upper atmosphere.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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