Many geologists concur: "The consequences of a methane-driven oceanic eruption for marine and terrestrial life are likely to be catastrophic. Figuratively speaking, the erupting region "boils over," ejecting a large amount of methane and other gases (e.g., CO2, H2S) into the atmosphere, and flooding large areas of land. 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). The air-methane mixture is explosive at methane concentrations between 5% and 15%; as such mixtures form in different locations near the ground and are ignited by lightning, explosions and conflagrations destroy most of the terrestrial life, and also produce great amounts of smoke and of carbon dioxide..." [5]So I guess there's not that much rush on Landlady's roof. And that tax time thing? Not so much of a worry.
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So I guess there's not that much rush on Landlady's roof. And that tax time thing? Not so much of a worry.
Not just yet there Joel, none of us are going to get off that easy. All this "methane hype" began with Matt Simmons and others scaring the pee out of the GoM costal residence.
Finally, the guy who's research was mangled to get the hype spoke out.
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Scientist Denies He Ever Predicted BP Oil Spill Would Cause Extinction Of Mankind
Suddenly everyone's talking about the methane-driven oceanic eruption and mass extinction theories of Dr. Gregory Ryskin, claiming that elevated methane levels from the oil spill could cause the end of mankind.
Absent from this discussion has been Ryskin, who Northwestern University says is out of his office until September. The professor gave us the real story by email:
I also want to emphasize that in my theory, methane hydrates (clathrates) do not play any role.
Methane hydrates are the volatile compounds that have been released in large quantities in the Gulf of Mexico. They may suffocate aquatic life or cause a pressure explosion. But they probably won't poison the atmosphere and destroy 96 percent of life on earth.
He was talking about "an extremely fast, explosive release of dissolved methane (and other dissolved gases...) that accumulated in the oceanic water masses." For more on Ryskin's methane theories, he said we should watch this video from 2007 at this site.
http://www.businessinsider.com/gregory-ryskin-methane-2010-7#ixzz0uX2NFPf6
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