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spunkloaf
12-14-2011, 10:51 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/giant-plumes-methane-bubbling-surface-arctic-ocean-163804179.html

Igor Semiletov of the Russian Academy of Sciences (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=11j62e6ek/EXP=1325129200/**http%3A//www.ras.ru/en/index.aspx) tells the UK's Independent that the plumes of methane, a gas 20 times as harmful as carbon dioxide, have shocked scientists who have been studying the region for decades. "Earlier we found torch-like structures like this but they were only tens of meters in diameter," he said. "This is the first time that we've found continuous, powerful and impressive seeping structures, more than 1,000 metres in diameter. It's amazing."

*snip


Scientists have been saying that these kinds of accelerations would happen sooner or later.
My view on legislating regulations to inhibit pollutions which contribute to the effects of global warming have changed dramatically. This is not because I think the idea is a scam, but because doing something about it now would be like shutting the barn door long after the horses have run off. I think we should learn from our mistakes, and now focus on how we are going to survive these pending climate changes.

spunkloaf
12-15-2011, 01:49 AM
This thread has produced great and vast quantities of nothingness.

wingrider
12-15-2011, 06:59 AM
was yeah man Like I read this and was surprised by it.. here is the question though.. Where is the methane gas coming from cause usually metane is produced by rotting flesh or vegetation, seems strange that there would be hundreds of these pockets where none of the former metioned items appear to be and havent been there in thousands of years..

wonder if this will contribute to a polar shift

Mister D
12-15-2011, 02:47 PM
There is a great quanity of methane under the sea floor, no?

waltky
07-04-2017, 01:39 AM
Appeals Court Rules Against EPA...
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Appeals Court Rules Against EPA in Methane Gas Regulations
July 03, 2017 - A U.S. federal appeals court ruled Monday that Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt lacks the authority to suspend rules that oil and gas companies monitor and fix methane gas leaks.


Two of the three judges on the panel wrote that an order delaying such a rule is the same thing as revoking it. Pruitt said in April he wanted to put its enforcement on hold for 90 days, later saying he wanted to extend it for two years. He argued that oil and gas companies are already monitoring methane leaks and that the federal regulations would make some wells unprofitable.



https://gdb.voanews.com/242DD511-9982-4AE1-AE17-4672602E4E81_w1023_r1_s.jpg
A BP Florida operations manager looks over a methane gas well site east of Bayfield, Colorado



No comment from EPA


Several environmental groups sued to stop Pruitt. “This ruling … slams the brakes on the Trump administration's brazen efforts to put the interests of corporate polluters ahead of protecting the public and the environment,” National Resources Defense Council official David Doniger said. This was one of the groups that sued to stop the EPA. An EPA spokeswoman said the agency is studying the court decision and had no other comment. Methane emanating from natural gas production is a major contributor to global warming.


A first for Trump


This is the first court decision to go against Trump administration efforts to overturn or block rules and executive orders it believes are unfair to the fossil fuel industry. Pruitt has joined the White House in arguing that tough regulations hurt industry and jobs as the U.S. strives to become more energy independent — an effort it says must include oil, gas and coal production, along with renewable resources. Environmentalists say overturning such rules gives industry a blank check to ignore laws protecting the air and streams from pollution.


https://www.voanews.com/a/appeals-court-rules-against-epa-in-methane-gas-regulations/3927244.html

donttread
07-04-2017, 01:23 PM
Appeals Court Rules Against EPA...
http://www.politicalwrinkles.com/images/smilies/cool.gif
Appeals Court Rules Against EPA in Methane Gas Regulations
July 03, 2017 - A U.S. federal appeals court ruled Monday that Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt lacks the authority to suspend rules that oil and gas companies monitor and fix methane gas leaks.


Why on earth would they not already be required to do so? You break it, you fix it.

donttread
07-04-2017, 04:25 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/giant-plumes-methane-bubbling-surface-arctic-ocean-163804179.html

Igor Semiletov of the Russian Academy of Sciences (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=11j62e6ek/EXP=1325129200/**http%3A//www.ras.ru/en/index.aspx) tells the UK's Independent that the plumes of methane, a gas 20 times as harmful as carbon dioxide, have shocked scientists who have been studying the region for decades. "Earlier we found torch-like structures like this but they were only tens of meters in diameter," he said. "This is the first time that we've found continuous, powerful and impressive seeping structures, more than 1,000 metres in diameter. It's amazing."

*snip


Scientists have been saying that these kinds of accelerations would happen sooner or later.
My view on legislating regulations to inhibit pollutions which contribute to the effects of global warming have changed dramatically. This is not because I think the idea is a scam, but because doing something about it now would be like shutting the barn door long after the horses have run off. I think we should learn from our mistakes, and now focus on how we are going to survive these pending climate changes.


Solar and wind are not suitable to megacorp umbilical cords and wasteful long distance movement of power. Kill the megacorps and individual home solor and neighborhood wind will prosper. Otherwise they will be given lip service and deliverately slowed in their development just like has been going on the past few decades.

resister
07-04-2017, 09:53 PM
This thread has produced great and vast quantities of nothingness.
Duhh18603

donttread
07-05-2017, 11:20 AM
was yeah man Like I read this and was surprised by it.. here is the question though.. Where is the methane gas coming from cause usually metane is produced by rotting flesh or vegetation, seems strange that there would be hundreds of these pockets where none of the former metioned items appear to be and havent been there in thousands of years..

wonder if this will contribute to a polar shift


Trapped under the sea floor. actually one of the oddball explanations for th "Burmuda Triangle"

Bethere
07-05-2017, 12:24 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/giant-plumes-methane-bubbling-surface-arctic-ocean-163804179.html

Igor Semiletov of the Russian Academy of Sciences (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=11j62e6ek/EXP=1325129200/**http%3A//www.ras.ru/en/index.aspx) tells the UK's Independent that the plumes of methane, a gas 20 times as harmful as carbon dioxide, have shocked scientists who have been studying the region for decades. "Earlier we found torch-like structures like this but they were only tens of meters in diameter," he said. "This is the first time that we've found continuous, powerful and impressive seeping structures, more than 1,000 metres in diameter. It's amazing."

*snip


Scientists have been saying that these kinds of accelerations would happen sooner or later.
My view on legislating regulations to inhibit pollutions which contribute to the effects of global warming have changed dramatically. This is not because I think the idea is a scam, but because doing something about it now would be like shutting the barn door long after the horses have run off. I think we should learn from our mistakes, and now focus on how we are going to survive these pending climate changes.

Melting permafrost instantaneously releasing carbon it took millions of years to collect?

Its too late.

donttread
07-05-2017, 03:31 PM
Melting permafrost instantaneously releasing carbon it took millions of years to collect?

Its too late.

Even some large lakes release some methane periodically. It's not a new thing.

Ransom
07-06-2017, 03:27 PM
In order that all do their part to fight this climate change, you Leftists will immediately cease spewing a bunch of shiit up here on the glass, correct?