Methane in Gulf "astonishingly high": US scientist

[Beowulf]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just had to post this. It doesn't look good to me. Can anyone tell me not to worry about it??????

Methane in Gulf astonishingly high: U.S. scientist | Reuters

 

[Phillips]

I am very concerned!

 

[Banjo]

Nothing but bad news just keep coming.

 

[sequoias]

Wirelessly posted

Uh oh, doesnt sound like good news at all. Now, Im worried about mass killings of humans near the zone or something.

 

[Jiro]

simple - burn it

 

[naisho]

It is similar to another topic I posted on findings with the oil, was wondering why there hadn't been dead zones announced yet. Had a feeling another dead zone or an extension of the current one is going to happen as a result of this oil spill.

Other causes than just the spill are the bacteria capable of anaerobic respiration that will feed on the opportunity.. or actually the aerobics since that is where O2 depletion will come from.

If they are one of the species capable of methane production..

 

[Beowulf]

simple - burn it

I thought the same thing until I saw this...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BE42PzZZc]YouTube - History Channel Mega Disasters - Methane Explosion[/ame]

Click on the youtube link for captioning, which is admittedly bad. :|

 

[PowerON]

simple - burn it

more pollution and kill most good animals? forget it

 

[Banjo]

simple - burn it

Are you insane?

 

[Jiro]

more pollution and kill most good animals? forget it

better than methane poisoning

 

[Jiro]

Are you insane?

no

 

[Jiro]

I thought the same thing until I saw this...

YouTube - History Channel Mega Disasters - Methane Explosion

Click on the youtube link for captioning, which is admittedly bad. :|

then methane farming

 

[PowerON]

better than methane poisoning

I'm sure if Phoenix can take care well... no no, not the city, I mean the character from X-men

 

[Beowulf]

then methane farming

Methane farming is in its infancy and several years away from anything tangible.

 

[TXgolfer]

Are you insane?

Obviously

 

[Jiro]

if you think igniting it will cause Armageddon-like explosion.... you are insane.

 

[Beowulf]

if you think igniting it will cause Armageddon-like explosion.... you are insane.

I didn't say I think that. I have to admit that controlled burning seems to be the only choice we have, though of course I could be wrong. Maybe there is a way to siphon methane to the surface and burn it safely?

 

[Banjo]

I didn't say I think that. I have to admit that controlled burning seems to be the only choice we have, though of course I could be wrong. Maybe there is a way to siphon methane to the surface and burn it safely?

Is there really a way of controlling the burning? I read it's a million times the normal level.

Did they ever burn them at this level and in an oil spill of this size?

 

[Jiro]

I didn't say I think that.

that wasn't just for you

I have to admit that controlled burning seems to be the only choice we have, though of course I could be wrong.

controlled burning? in this case? most likely not because we don't know how it's gonna play it out. This is much much much more difficult than controlled burning in forest fires.

Maybe there is a way to siphon methane to the surface and burn it safely?

Yes but dangerous, of course. We've got dozens of brightest minds working on this. I'd like to hear their expert opinions

 

[Beowulf]

Is there really a way of controlling the burning? I read it's a million times the normal level.

Did they ever burn them at this level and in an oil spill of this size?

Nope. Unless I am mistaken, which won't be of astounding wonder!