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2006-07-25 Science & Technology

Research: Gas Escaping From Ocean Floor May Help Drive Global Warming

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2006-07-25 16:22|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK. But it's still Bush's fault.

Posted by Matt 2006-07-25 16:53|| 2006-07-25 16:53|| Front Page Top

#2 a massive blowout of methane from the ocean floor.

Earth farts. Who knew?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-25 17:04|| 2006-07-25 17:04|| Front Page Top

#3 "...measured the methane "cloud" that emerged as being approximately 5,000 cubic feet..."

My God... that's bigger than Michael Moore!!!!

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-07-25 17:11|| http://dilatush.home.comcast.net/]">[http://dilatush.home.comcast.net/] 2006-07-25 17:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Bush didn't sign Koyoto so the Earth is farting in protest to kill us with Global Warming!!!

Posted by DarthVader 2006-07-25 17:21|| 2006-07-25 17:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Plant trees on the ocean floor.

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-07-25 18:13|| 2006-07-25 18:13|| Front Page Top

#6
BAN ocean floors NOW!!!

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-07-25 19:50|| 2006-07-25 19:50|| Front Page Top

#7 so much for emissions "standards".

Posted by closedanger">closedanger 2006-07-25 20:25|| 2006-07-25 20:25|| Front Page Top

#8 In past, some of these blowouts have left the sea floor as pockmarked as the surface of the moon, with gigantic craters created by catastrophic failure of a methane ice layer under the sea floor. I think one big blowout was off the coast of Sweden.

Since some of these ice beds are enormous, this could be bad.

One suggestion is to robotically mine the methane ice for fuel, using some of its energy to convert the CO2 waste product into dry ice.

The dry ice is then pumped back down to replace the missing ice. It is not only a lot colder than methane ice, making it safe, but CO2 gas also doesn't burn in case of a spark.

Eventually the CO2 sublimates, being replaced by water ice, which eventually melts when almost all of the methane ice is long gone.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-25 21:22|| 2006-07-25 21:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Like my friend sez, this is not a disaster, it's an opportunity. Heh.

Moderators: Mr. Methane pic is a riot!

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-07-25 21:24|| 2006-07-25 21:24|| Front Page Top

#10 In past, some of these blowouts have left the sea floor as pockmarked as the surface of the moon,

Veritable terrestrial zits.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-25 21:25|| 2006-07-25 21:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Talk about blowin bubbles in the bathtub...

Posted by tu3031 2006-07-25 21:53|| 2006-07-25 21:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Veritable terrestrial zits.

That makes it official - the earth is a nerd!

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-07-25 21:57|| 2006-07-25 21:57|| Front Page Top

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