1 million tons of pressurised CO2 stored beneath Decatur, Illinois

WattsUpWithThat.com ^ | 14JAN2015 | Eric Worrall

[Jack Hydrazine]

Is your mother in the room?

She’s in Decatur.

Unfortunately she’s not staying.

Where are you?

I’m taking the day off, come on over.

[cardinal4]

Hmmm..

[Pearls Before Swine]

What could possibly go wrong?

I remember reading a Scientific American article about an unusual disaster that occurred in Africa. Apparently, there was some sort of thermal inversion in a lake, and a large CO2 concentration built up there. The thermal distribution changed, the carbon dioxide came out of solution, the lake made a huge CO2 burp, and everyone around the shore died from suffocation.

Here, the pressurization is man made. What could go wrong?

[BenLurkin]

What do the people in Decatur have against plants?

[DonaldC]

I don’t see the point of doing this.

[RightGeek]

Let me guess who paid for this boondoggle.

[dennisw]

All for global warming_____
The ancient Egyptians were similarly crazy and squandered resources on building pyramids for degenerate brother-sister marriage Pharaohs

[Gamecock]

**Its not just people and animals which would be affected – car engines would also stall**

I suppose if the drivers are all dead the stalling car engines is a good thing.

[BuffaloJack]

Our tax money paid for this?
What a colossal waste of dollars.

[stars & stripes forever]

Remind me to take another route when traveling to Southern Illinois.

[cuban leaf]

Pipe it to my greenhouse.

[offwhite]

This is good. It will come in handy when scientists "discover" we are actually experiencing global cooling and we need more CO2 in the air.

[dennisw]

That was circa 1993 and I remember it. It was in the mainstream news

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/lake-nyos.htm

[PROCON]

I wish the gubment was more interested in killing America's enemies than capturing CO₂

[stars & stripes forever]

Our tax money paid for this?

Did Decatur citizens get a voice in allowing this potential hazard in their community?

[Blood of Tyrants]

That would put the fizz in a lot of sodas and beer.

[Jack Hydrazine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois

Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city was founded in 1829 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2013 the city population was 74,710.[1]

[Paine in the Neck]

It's gonna blow!!!!

[PIF]

But they will all die holding the high moral ground and with a clean conscience ...