Drilling To Hell... Are We There Yet?

[MA-Caver]

Interesting article (long) but worthy reading if the future of oil drilling is of interest...

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/2768
When reviewing scientific papers, one cannot find any references that address the absolute necessity of stopping fossil fuel combustion. The most important component of stabilizing our planet's climate simply is not addressed. It is both revealing and ominous that proponents of the exploitation, which includes scientists, are suggesting that we now have to extract the methane to make the hydrates safe. Extracting the methane is unavoidably dangerous as this would depressurize the local environment. The gas extracted from the methane hydrates will be burned to drive the fossil fuel world economy – emitting huge amounts of CO2 in the process. All of the IPCC scenarios currently used, accept that our world economies are dependent and locked into fossil fuels - thereby legitimizing the fossil fuel industry.

Will the big Oil care about the consequences? Prolly not... they have coffers to be lined and damned be the long term effects because money can buy anything.

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

I think the problem is nobody knows for sure that there will actually be any consequences.
All the doomsday and naysayers do is scream and yell their opinions..
The sky is falling... the sky is falling....
umm whatever.

 

[granfire]

I think the problem is nobody knows for sure that there will actually be any consequences.
All the doomsday and naysayers do is scream and yell their opinions..
The sky is falling... the sky is falling....
umm whatever.

well, the planet will make it, in some fashion...

(but it would be logical to assume that if you put stuff in the air that was locked underground for a few million years, the air quality won't improve)

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

well, the planet will make it, in some fashion...

(but it would be logical to assume that if you put stuff in the air that was locked underground for a few million years, the air quality won't improve)

they are worried about CO2? funny thing is the CO2 we release in emissions is a small fraction of the natural CO2 cycle... the ocean, and even natural emissions from land do many times more then the small percent we have released in the last 120 years..
of course the argument can be made that its pushing the balance of what can be reabsorbed, but the facts are its only a guess, and I would say go ahead and plant a few million more plants and call it a day....

 

[granfire]

get a planting. Just know that those 12 inch saplings from earthday will need a littel time to pull their weight.