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A massive lake of molten carbon the size of Mexico is discovered under the US, and it could cause…
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 08:07 EST, 15 February 2017 | Tim Collins

Posted on 02/15/2017 6:25:52 AM PST by Olog-hai

A huge well of molten carbon that would spell disaster for the planet if released has been found under the US.

Scientists using the world’s largest array of seismic sensors have mapped a deep-Earth area, covering 700,000 sq miles (1.8 million sq km).

This is around the size of Mexico, and researchers say it has the potential to cause untold environmental damage.

The discovery could change our understanding of how much carbon the Earth contains, suggesting it is much more than we previously believed. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: carbon; climatechange; climatechangehoax; doomage; fakescience; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax
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Full title: A massive lake of molten carbon the size of Mexico is discovered under the US, and it could cause climate CHAOS

Oh yeah, and so can bovine flatulence. And automobiles. Can’t tax a deep-mantle well of molten carbon after all.

1 posted on 02/15/2017 6:25:52 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I’m trading the Kia for a Mercedes then


2 posted on 02/15/2017 6:27:20 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Olog-hai

We should work on transforming the Erf’s Iron Core to a high carbon steel, for sustainability.


3 posted on 02/15/2017 6:27:47 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Olog-hai

Diamonds!


4 posted on 02/15/2017 6:28:13 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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To: Olog-hai

And since it’s over 200 MILES below the surface, and we obviously can’t do anything about it, let’s PANIC!!!


5 posted on 02/15/2017 6:29:09 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity
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To: Olog-hai

That’s PETROLEUM!.............................


6 posted on 02/15/2017 6:29:49 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Olog-hai

AMERICA’S FAULT!! BLAME TRUMP!! /s


7 posted on 02/15/2017 6:30:20 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Olog-hai

A molten ball the size of Mars is under everybody.


8 posted on 02/15/2017 6:31:33 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Olog-hai

Dig it up!


9 posted on 02/15/2017 6:32:03 AM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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Wow, we have discovered a potential source of enough CO2 to end the CO2 drought that we are currently experiencing.


10 posted on 02/15/2017 6:32:16 AM PST by taxcontrol
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Passing off a massive lake of molten bullsh t as news. It waited until Thulsa Doom left office to get its publicity.


11 posted on 02/15/2017 6:32:31 AM PST by Stentor
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To: Olog-hai

Women, children and minorities hardest hit.


12 posted on 02/15/2017 6:33:01 AM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Uncle Miltie

THE SIZE OF ICEBERGS!....................

Actually this was predicted, sort of, by that ignominiously stupid movie THE CORE...................


13 posted on 02/15/2017 6:33:09 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Olog-hai

Carbon? Or Carbon Dioxide?


14 posted on 02/15/2017 6:33:15 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Olog-hai

from another source:

“It would be impossible for us to drill far enough down to physically ‘see’ Earth’s mantle, so using this massive group of sensors we have to paint a picture of it using mathematical equations to interpret what is beneath us,” said Dr Sash Hier-Majumder of Royal Holloway.”

hmmm.


15 posted on 02/15/2017 6:33:23 AM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: Olog-hai

The sky is falling...

Wait! That’s not right. The earth is rising! The earth is rising!


16 posted on 02/15/2017 6:34:02 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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And since it’s over 200 MILES below the surface, and we obviously can’t do anything about it, let’s PANIC!!!

Let's not let logic get in the way of a good story.

17 posted on 02/15/2017 6:34:03 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: Uncle Miltie

18 posted on 02/15/2017 6:35:03 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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Black Gold!
Texas Tea!

Next thing you know, Ole Jed’s gonna be a millionaire, moving to Beverly Hills and such.


19 posted on 02/15/2017 6:35:32 AM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: Olog-hai

:: researchers say it has the potential to cause untold environmental damage ::

Yet it can also provide an untold amount of hydrocarbon fuels into the future.

No such thing as “peak-oil”.


20 posted on 02/15/2017 6:35:44 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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