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  • realJSOPR realJSOP

    http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

    .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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    "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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    xExTxCx
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    Arm yourself is right... Think things are bad now? wait until there are 7 billion people screaming end of days.

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    • realJSOPR realJSOP

      http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

      .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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      "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

      modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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      I find two sufficient.

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      • realJSOPR realJSOP

        http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

        .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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        "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

        modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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        Well, cool! That certainly simplifies my efforts to sell the house... :-D

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

          .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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          "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

          modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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          Andrew Rissing
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          This reads like a horrible SciFi Channel Movie. The quote at the end is great:

          Perhaps if humanity is very, very lucky, some may find a way to avoid the mass extinction that follows and carry on the human race. Perhaps.

          :omg: If it was indeed an issue, I would think they would have ended it on a little more imperative tone that something needs to be done. Not the nail biting cliffhanger of 'Perhaps'. :-D

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          • M Mark_Wallace

            It all sounds perfectly plausible. .. Except for the small fact that the Mohorovicic discontinuity is at about 50km depth, and they're only drilling to 30,000 feet (give or take 9km). And that, dear friends, is how you write good hard-core science fiction. You just ignore one little detail, and pile real science into the rest.

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            Dan Neely
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            Not that it's anything but blather, but what does the moho have to do with methane escaping from the oilbed?

            3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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            • realJSOPR realJSOP

              http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

              .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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              "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

              modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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              Marc Clifton
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              Nothing a little homeopathy added to the ocean waters can't cure. ;) Marc

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

                .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

                modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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                So... (ok, now I read the article): Whereas pure methane is lighter than air, methane loaded with water droplets is much heavier, and thus spreads over the land, mixing with air in the process (and losing water as rain). So: methane is lighter than air. methane mixed with water is heavier. methane mixes with air this mixture then loses water as rain so, now you have methane again, sans water, which is lighter than air. So, what's the problem??? Marc

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                • M Marc Clifton

                  So... (ok, now I read the article): Whereas pure methane is lighter than air, methane loaded with water droplets is much heavier, and thus spreads over the land, mixing with air in the process (and losing water as rain). So: methane is lighter than air. methane mixed with water is heavier. methane mixes with air this mixture then loses water as rain so, now you have methane again, sans water, which is lighter than air. So, what's the problem??? Marc

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                  Single Step Debugger
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                  The rain - ask the English guys.

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                  • M Marc Clifton

                    So... (ok, now I read the article): Whereas pure methane is lighter than air, methane loaded with water droplets is much heavier, and thus spreads over the land, mixing with air in the process (and losing water as rain). So: methane is lighter than air. methane mixed with water is heavier. methane mixes with air this mixture then loses water as rain so, now you have methane again, sans water, which is lighter than air. So, what's the problem??? Marc

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                    Luc Pattyn
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                    The smell. It reeks of old cows, having been buried way too long. :)

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

                      .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

                      modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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                      Steve Mayfield
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                      that means I won't have to worry about meeting my deadines :cool:

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                      • realJSOPR realJSOP

                        http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

                        .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
                        -----
                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                        -----
                        "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

                        modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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                        Tomz_KV
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                        Run & hide.

                        TOMZ_KV

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                        • L Lost User

                          I find two sufficient.

                          Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

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                          Nagy Vilmos
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                          That's easy with your claws.


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                          • D Dan Neely

                            Not that it's anything but blather, but what does the moho have to do with methane escaping from the oilbed?

                            3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            The Mohorovicic discontinuity is where huge reserves of methane (enough to cause global catastrophe) are. Sure, there might be a lot of methane where oil is found, because it's a by-product of the oil's fermentation, but the article is (probably intentionally) confusing that comparatively tiny amount with the real thing, that's five times deeper.

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                            • M Marc Clifton

                              Nothing a little homeopathy added to the ocean waters can't cure. ;) Marc

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                              Mark_Wallace
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                              Marc Clifton wrote:

                              Nothing a little homeopathy added to the ocean waters can't cure.

                              Brilliant! All we need is someone who can cut a drop of Fairy liquid in half!

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              • M Marc Clifton

                                So... (ok, now I read the article): Whereas pure methane is lighter than air, methane loaded with water droplets is much heavier, and thus spreads over the land, mixing with air in the process (and losing water as rain). So: methane is lighter than air. methane mixed with water is heavier. methane mixes with air this mixture then loses water as rain so, now you have methane again, sans water, which is lighter than air. So, what's the problem??? Marc

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                                Mark_Wallace
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                                Marc Clifton wrote:

                                so, now you have methane again, sans water, which is lighter than air. So, what's the problem???

                                Because it's a cycle that reoccurs, during which it's being breathed in by creatures that breathe, absorbed by plants and other stuff that can absorb it, and generally mixed in with everything else (through zillions of different chemical reactions). And if you thought the weather was bad without all the additional compression/decompression, temperature fluctuations from massive chemical reactions, and the variation in solar absorption...

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                  http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event[^] Arm yourselves!!!!

                                  .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                  -----
                                  "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

                                  modified on Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:12 PM

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                                  God Bless Mother Earth!

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