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Which gas has most powerful greenhouse effect? 

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As a powerful greenhouse gas, it has implications for global climate change.
Non-CO2 greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are now adding to the greenhouse effect by an amount comparable to the effect of CO2.
In fact, both emit larger quantities of CO2 than conventional fuels, but as most of the CO2 is from renewable carbon stocks that fraction is not counted towards the greenhouse gas emissions from the fuel.
This effect is as significant as the greenhouse gas price.
At higher CO2 prices, afforestation and biofuels are more dominant among terrestrial options to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
CO2 itself has little value by far, but it contributes more than 50% to the man-made greenhouse effect among all the greenhouse gases.
The natural greenhouse effect arises due to some of the trace gases, called the greenhouse gases, which are nearly transparent to solar radiation but strongly absorb the infra-red radiation emitted by the Earth.
The effect on the Earth’s climate depends strongly on the proportion of this C that is released as the more powerful greenhouse gas methane (CH4), rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) (refs 1,4); even if CH4 emissions represent just 2% of the C release, they would contribute approximately one-quarter of the climate forcing5.
Notwithstanding these uncertainties, the data suggested that imported electrical power and biosolids treatment/ disposal operations are the largest potential sources of greenhouse gas.
Natural gas has highest hydrogen-to-carbon ratio among hydrocarbon fuels, which helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Theoretically, combustion or gasification of biomass could provide more CO2 for greenhouse enrichment than propane or natural gas per unit of energy.
The greenhouse with CO2 supplied from bottles turns out to be superior to tthe greenhouse with CO2 supplied by burning gas.
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Edwin S. Kite, Eric Gaidos, Michael Manga 
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Our results are most relevant for atmospheres that are thin, have low greenhouse-gas radiative efficiency, and have a principal greenhouse gas that is also the main constituent of the atmosphere.
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Donald J. Wuebbles, Katharine Hayhoe 
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On a per molecule basis, it is much more effective a greenhouse gas than additional CO2.