susano
06-18-2010, 01:07 AM
I'm putting this up for elucidation about WTF it is that "we" (humans) are doing, rather than for a market vs. regulation discussion. I think it's impossible to have a discussion about something we know damn little about - meaning that unintended consequences can and do occur.
Proponents of the abiotic, deep-earth theory of the origin of oil point argue that the deep fracturing of the basement bedrock at Cantarell caused by the meteor’s impact was responsible for allowing oil formed in the Earth’s mantle to seep into the sedimentary rock that settled in the huge underwater crater.
Geologists have documented that the bedrock underlying the crater shows “melt rock veinlets pointing to large megablock structures as well as a long thermal and fluid transport” as part of the post-impact history. In other words, the bedrock at Cantarell did suffer sufficiently severe fracturing to open the bedrock to flows of liquids and gases from the deep earth below. ...".
Thomas Gold said, in his book "The Deep Hot Biosphere" (Copernicus Books 2001):
"... Earth's massive reserves of hydrocarbons ... were part of the primordial "soup" from which our planet was created ... to this day they exist in abundance deep within our planet and continue to upwell toward the surface. ... Methane hydrate ... covers very large areas of ocean floor ...[there]... are sudden outbursts of gas from the ocean floor ... as in the eruption that caused a dvastating tsunami on the coast of Papua, New Guinea, in July 1998 ...".
So, oil and methane were originally BELOW the "very old, hard rock", and when the Chicxulub impact hit the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, it fractured the "very old, hard rock" and allowed the oil and methane to come up to the surface and form pools under the salt layer, which pools BP was smart enough to find,and
in April 2010 the oil and methane blew out the BP Gulf of Mexico well.
WHAT DID THE METHANE HAVE TO DO WITH THE BP WELL BLOWOUT ?
According to a guardian.co.uk article by David Sassoon dated 21 May 2010:
"... The vast deepwater methane hydrate deposits of the Gulf of Mexico are an open secret in big energy circles. ... For the oil and gas industry, the substances are also known to be the primary hazard when drilling for deepwater oil. ... Methane hydrates are volatile compounds — natural gas compressed into molecular cages of ice. They are stable in the extreme cold and crushing weight of deepwater, but are extremely dangerous when they build up inside the drill column of a well. If destabilized by heat or a decrease in pressure, methane hydrates can quickly expand to 164 times their volume. Survivors of the BP rig explosion told interviewers that right before the April 20 blast, workers had decreased the pressure in the drill column and applied heat to set the cement seal around the wellhead. Then a quickly expanding bubble of methane gas shot up the drill column before exploding on the platform on the ocean's surface.
Scientists are well aware of the awesome power of these strange hydrocarbons ... their sudden escape is considered to be a threat comparable to an asteroid strike or nuclear war. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a Livermore, Ca.-based weapons design center, reports that when released on a large scale, methane hydrates can even cause tsunamis. ...".
COULD THE GULF OF MEXICO METHANE CAUSE A TSUNAMI ?
cont. with photos
http://www.jerrypippin.com/OilSpillArea.htm
Found the above in this thread for those who more in depth info:
http://www.proxywhore.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=204564
Proponents of the abiotic, deep-earth theory of the origin of oil point argue that the deep fracturing of the basement bedrock at Cantarell caused by the meteor’s impact was responsible for allowing oil formed in the Earth’s mantle to seep into the sedimentary rock that settled in the huge underwater crater.
Geologists have documented that the bedrock underlying the crater shows “melt rock veinlets pointing to large megablock structures as well as a long thermal and fluid transport” as part of the post-impact history. In other words, the bedrock at Cantarell did suffer sufficiently severe fracturing to open the bedrock to flows of liquids and gases from the deep earth below. ...".
Thomas Gold said, in his book "The Deep Hot Biosphere" (Copernicus Books 2001):
"... Earth's massive reserves of hydrocarbons ... were part of the primordial "soup" from which our planet was created ... to this day they exist in abundance deep within our planet and continue to upwell toward the surface. ... Methane hydrate ... covers very large areas of ocean floor ...[there]... are sudden outbursts of gas from the ocean floor ... as in the eruption that caused a dvastating tsunami on the coast of Papua, New Guinea, in July 1998 ...".
So, oil and methane were originally BELOW the "very old, hard rock", and when the Chicxulub impact hit the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, it fractured the "very old, hard rock" and allowed the oil and methane to come up to the surface and form pools under the salt layer, which pools BP was smart enough to find,and
in April 2010 the oil and methane blew out the BP Gulf of Mexico well.
WHAT DID THE METHANE HAVE TO DO WITH THE BP WELL BLOWOUT ?
According to a guardian.co.uk article by David Sassoon dated 21 May 2010:
"... The vast deepwater methane hydrate deposits of the Gulf of Mexico are an open secret in big energy circles. ... For the oil and gas industry, the substances are also known to be the primary hazard when drilling for deepwater oil. ... Methane hydrates are volatile compounds — natural gas compressed into molecular cages of ice. They are stable in the extreme cold and crushing weight of deepwater, but are extremely dangerous when they build up inside the drill column of a well. If destabilized by heat or a decrease in pressure, methane hydrates can quickly expand to 164 times their volume. Survivors of the BP rig explosion told interviewers that right before the April 20 blast, workers had decreased the pressure in the drill column and applied heat to set the cement seal around the wellhead. Then a quickly expanding bubble of methane gas shot up the drill column before exploding on the platform on the ocean's surface.
Scientists are well aware of the awesome power of these strange hydrocarbons ... their sudden escape is considered to be a threat comparable to an asteroid strike or nuclear war. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a Livermore, Ca.-based weapons design center, reports that when released on a large scale, methane hydrates can even cause tsunamis. ...".
COULD THE GULF OF MEXICO METHANE CAUSE A TSUNAMI ?
cont. with photos
http://www.jerrypippin.com/OilSpillArea.htm
Found the above in this thread for those who more in depth info:
http://www.proxywhore.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=204564