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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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To: Olog-hai

61 posted on 02/15/2017 7:25:31 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life ~ Vote!)
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To: newnhdad

“So now the environment will damage the environment. ..”

So true. The establishment is so blind. They lack wisdom.


62 posted on 02/15/2017 7:26:55 AM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: cyclotic

...so they packed up their belongings and moved to Beverly... Hills that is. Swimming pools. Movie stars.


63 posted on 02/15/2017 7:27:50 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Olog-hai

Abiotic petroleum, anyone?


64 posted on 02/15/2017 7:31:21 AM PST by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: AppyPappy
Are they referring to OIL, Black Gold, Texas Tea? If so...Jolly good.
65 posted on 02/15/2017 7:31:43 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: Olog-hai

I guess we need to devote all our efforts to building a planet sized fire extinguisher.


66 posted on 02/15/2017 7:33:49 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the War on White People, is to recognize it exists.)
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To: Red Badger

There is that theory about oil being from non-organic sources....


67 posted on 02/15/2017 7:34:01 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
No such thing as “peak-oil”.

There's a group of geologists who have, for years, subscribed to the idea of abiotic oil, that oil is not formed from decayed animal remains, but is created as part of geologic processes within the earth.

Maybe this molten carbon lake is one of the sources for that process.
68 posted on 02/15/2017 7:35:28 AM PST by JamesP81 (The DNC poses a greater threat to my liberty than terrorists, China, and Russia. Combined.)
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To: lurk

People who are (D)ifferent?


69 posted on 02/15/2017 7:36:52 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

Which I believe is true...............


70 posted on 02/15/2017 7:40:36 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

Whoa, dat’s some carbon footprint!


71 posted on 02/15/2017 7:40:47 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hillary Clinton: the official candidate of the National Sleep Foundation)
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To: Rurudyne

http://www.viewzone.com/abioticoilx.html


72 posted on 02/15/2017 7:41:24 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: Rurudyne
The whole fossil fuel narrative is just poppy-cock. Out in West Texas, wells formerly thought to have been depleted were found to be full once again when revisited years later.

The earth is manufacturing oil..ur ur carbon. We are not running out of oil.

73 posted on 02/15/2017 7:45:56 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: Olog-hai
Carbon in the liquid state? CHEM 101

All of these are held together by very, very strong chemical covalent bonds and that means that you need to heat up elemental carbon a huge amount before you can actually start to separate those atoms. In fact, once you heat it up to about 3,600 degrees C, you finally get to pull those atoms apart and it turns into a gas: it sublimes; so it normally goes from a solid to a gas. If you want it to be a liquid, you have to put it under incredible pressure while you're actually heating it up that much. So, it's only under very, very extreme circumstances that you can force carbon to be a liquid.

74 posted on 02/15/2017 7:50:08 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Given the mantle pressures, it becomes plausible.


75 posted on 02/15/2017 7:56:01 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Liberty Valance

Surprised they didn’t show Tarkus coming out of there.


76 posted on 02/15/2017 7:59:58 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: stylin19a

Maybe it is the Black Hole of the Earth.... Maybe we can solve the riddle of the black hole here before in space!


77 posted on 02/15/2017 8:01:44 AM PST by Jumper
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To: JamesP81

I am one of those geologists/scientists.
BSChem.


78 posted on 02/15/2017 8:01:56 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Olog-hai

Wow, sounds like they found a whole ocean of crude oil, but its 217 miles below the surface, bummer.


79 posted on 02/15/2017 8:02:39 AM PST by Cruising Speed
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To: Olog-hai

Scientist locate Hell. Film at 11:00.


80 posted on 02/15/2017 8:07:47 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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