Under-Reporting the Most Dangerous Greenhouse Gasses

The following link is a sobering look at some of the most dangerous atmospheric gasses and their impact on Anthropogenic Global Warming.

The news is rife with reports about carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) as the most favored greenhouse gasses. The following table provides a more comprehensive list beyond those two most common:

Table of Greenhouse Gasses

There are, however, even more dangerous gasses that are even more under-reported which could be contributing a far worse impact on Anthropogenic Global Warming. These appear in the link to a recent BusinessWeek article by John Carey and Mark Scott (12/30/2009):

Greenhouse Gasses: Who's Cheating?

Maybe it's time to expand our vocabulary and knowledge of names like Sulphur Hexaflouride (SF6) which is 23,900 times MORE POWERFUL than CO2 and Nitrogen Triflouride (NF3) which is commonly used in the manufacturing of flat-panel displays.

The article will also share information about how gas volumes are calculated (estimated) which is also quite imprecise. So, perhaps like a good magician who is able to distract his audience from "seeing" his magic, the public is being purposefully conditioned to "see" CO2 and CH4 when we really need to expand our vision to other more potent gasses like SF6 and NF3.