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[-] Nytarsha@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago

There's more methane in the atmosphere now. It probably smells like a fart.

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~Methane needs 5-16PPM [PDF] to be detectable with human smell. Atmospheric Methane is at about 2ppm. So the vast majority of people would not notice a difference. ~~

nvm see below

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

methane doesn't have an odor, you linked to the data sheet of trichlorofluoromethane, a completely different molecule

The gas in your house is artificially made stinky so that people would notice leaks and blow their house up, which happened a lot back when the stinky chemicals weren't added and it was odorless

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

That's what I get for moving quick, thank you. I guess the overall point that methane will not make the atmosphere smell still holds

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