?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4079%2F&rft.title=Energy+Gases+-+The+Methane+Age+and+Beyond&rft.creator=Nakicenovic%2C+N.&rft.description=The+combustion+of+fossil+fuels+results+in+the+emissions+of+gases+and++pollutants+that+produce+adverse+ecological+effects.+Evidence+is+also++accumulating+that+suggests+they+may+also+cause+global+climate+change.+The+combustion+gases+that+are+connected+with+global+climate+change+are++primarily+carbon+dioxide+(CO2)+and+to+a+lesser+degree+methane+(CH4).++These+gases+already+occur+in+low+concentrations+in+the+atmosphere%2C++but+energy+use+and+other+human+activities+are+rapidly+increasing+the+atmospheric+concentrations+of+these+and+other+greenhouse+gases%2C+and+may+therefore+lead+to+additional+global+warming+during+the+next+century.+Although+the+greenhouse+gases+that+result+from+energy+use+are+the+most+important+cause+of+this+concern%2C+the+energy+gases+also+offer+a+potential+solution+to+this+problem.&rft.publisher=RR-94-008.+Reprinted+from+The+Future+of+Energy+Gases%2C+1570(1994)+%5B1994%5D.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4079%2F1%2FRR-94-08.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nakicenovic%2C+N.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F214.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7176-4604+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7176-4604%3E++(1994).++Energy+Gases+-+The+Methane+Age+and+Beyond.+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-94-008.+Reprinted+from+The+Future+of+Energy+Gases%2C+1570(1994)+%5B1994%5D.+++++