Methane Crisis in Gulf

[frekk]

There seem to be an awful lot of reports in the last few days about some sort of methane situation unfolding in the Gulf, some talk about possible atmospheric problems including poison gasses.

Alarmism or cause for concern?

Associated Press: "Vast amounts of methane in Gulf spill pose threat"

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5heVm0Cu8W-4DT920tco-mgrlXw_AD9GDU0200

EU Times: "Methane eruption warned may kill Gulf of Mexico"

http://www.eutimes.net/2010/06/methane-eruption-warned-may-kill-gulf-of-mexico/

AOLNews: "Overlooked Danger in Gulf Oil Spill: Methane"

http://www.aolnews.com/gulf-oil-spi...in-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-disaster/19521698

Reuters: "Methane in Gulf "astonishingly high": U.S. scientist"

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L6IA20100622

Politics Daily: "Could Gulf Oil Leak Lead to Methane-Bubble Tsunami? BP Responds"

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/0...k-lead-to-methane-bubble-tsunami-bp-responds/

Huffington Post: "Gulf Oil Gusher: Danger of Tsunamis From Methane?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dk-matai/gulf-of-mexico-danger-of_b_619095.html

Toronto Examiner: "End-of-the-World rumors surround Gulf oil spill"

http://www.examiner.com/x-17373-Pho...-EndoftheWorld-rumors-surround-Gulf-oil-spill

Catholic Online: "Methane in Gulf of Mexico disaster spells more danger"

http://www.catholic.org/green/story.php?id=37033

New York Post: "New woe: Poison 'dead zone'"

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/new_woe_poison_dead_zone_yhS48ZfdJvjwGwGsWMI8VO

Buried at the bottom of a Market Oracle story: "There is currently a hot pipe (i.e., BP well blow-out) running through a massive methane hydrate formation (1200m thick?) that is possibly heating the formation and venting large amounts of methane gas underwater in addition to the one-half ton of methane being produced by the well for each ton of oil (ref; Dr Samantha Joye – Univ. of Ga. Researcher aboard RV Walton). This could be the real origin of the massive underwater methane/oil plumes and it there maybe more than one major source. NOAA/EPA has two codes for running Air Quality predictions (in fact there are several options/predictions being run). The output of a code from OILSPILL (surface oil) is input to AIRMAP to prediction onshore concentrations of benzene, hydrogen sulphide and methylene chloride depending on actual wind son data."

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article20892.html

Sunday Paper: "Gassing the gulf > UGA Scientist: too little research on gases at BP oil disaster site"

http://www.sundaypaper.com/More/Arc...icleView/articleId/5493/Gassing-the-gulf.aspx

Christian Science Monitor: "Methane's hidden impact in Gulf oil spill"

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0630/Methane-s-hidden-impact-in-Gulf-oil-spill

Houston Chronicle: "Scientists trying to solve methane mystery in Gulf disaster"

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7083251.html

PBS: "UGA scientists continue to probe methane in Gulf"

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/w....scientists.continue.to.probe.methane.in.Gulf

Science Magazine: "Gulf Cruise Raises Questions on Methane, But Much Data Still to Analyze"

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/06/gulf-cruise-raises-questions-on-.html

 

[Skwink]

FYI: We all ready have a topic for this. BTW the media tends to go a little over when something like this happens. Remember Swine Flu.

 

[Love]

So... Many... Links...

 

[ainwood]

Moderator Action: Well, at least its without the trolling....

How about you actually post some detail / information from one of those many articles, and provide some kind of point you'd like to discuss?

 

[Ayn Rand]

Is this normal behaviour on the part of the rock formation or something to be genuinely concerned about?

there is another area of a major blow-out miles away from what we are being shown.

I don't know anything about geology. Does this mean the pressure has created fissures for miles in all directions?

 

[frekk]

FYI: We all ready have a topic for this. BTW the media tends to go a little over when something like this happens. Remember Swine Flu.

Yes it was locked for being "political" (and, frankly, it was off to a bad start by taking a definite alarmist stance).

 

[frekk]

How about you actually post some detail / information

There's more detail in those links than most would care to fully read; your criticism seems ironic in the extreme!

provide some kind of point you'd like to discuss?

I did: I asked whether people felt it was "alarmism or cause for concern".

I could have expanded that into an entire essay with lots of blathering for filler, but I figured I'd just cut to the chase.

 

[ainwood]

There's more detail in those links than most would care to fully read; your criticism seems ironic in the extreme!

Moderator Action: Its not criticism, its a moderator request. The other thread was closed because it was a political troll, and because it didn't actually present any aspect or content to discuss.

This is a discussion forum, not a news aggregator. The Opening Post of a thread needs to present a topic for discussion, not just a list of articles.

As you appear unwilling to comply, I will close this thread.