This story makes me sick to my stomach. This disaster is akin to a slow moving hydrogen bomb, killing everything in it's wake and destroying ecosystems for many, many years. Humans are such stupid animals. ----- Original Message ----- From: Garrick To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:15 AM Subject: Re: CS>Mother of all gushers could kill Earth's oceans
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22methane%20hydrates%22&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS358US358&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn Methane hydrates are all over the news......Yep They are "plaguing" the BP well according to the news G On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Marshall Dudley <mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote: Are you sure there are methane hydrates there? They require temperatures below freezing, and we are talking about the Gulf. Although ocean temperatures drop as you go deeper, crust temperatures increase, normally at a nominal 1 degree per 100 feet as you go down. That is 52 degrees per mile increase in temperature. I don't see how it could be possible to have hydrate with that deep hole. Marshall
