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Geologists discover a new hotspot in Yellowstone supervolcano that's killing off trees
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 4/5/2019 | Cheyenne Macdonald

Posted on 04/06/2019 9:10:36 AM PDT by rktman

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Geologists discover a new hotspot in Yellowstone supervolcano that's killing off trees in a patch of warm land the size of FOUR soccer fields

A new thermal area has popped up in Yellowstone National Park, in yet another sign of the ever-changing magma activity beneath the surface.

Satellite images have revealed an expanse of about eight acres – or the equivalent of four soccer fields – where the ground is warmer than its surroundings, causing the trees and vegetation in that patch to die off.

While scientists have only just confirmed its existence, the United State Geological Survey (USGS) estimates it’s been forming over the last 20 or so years.

Nasa believes drilling up to six miles (10km) down into the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park to pump in water at high pressure could cool it.

Despite the fact that the mission would cost $3.46 billion (£2.63 billion), Nasa considers it 'the most viable solution.'

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To: rktman
Nasa believes drilling up to six miles (10km) down into the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park to pump in water at high pressure could cool it.

Hare brained doesn't even begin to describe this plan.
What happens when water meets molten lava again?
You can't stop a volcano. The heat and pressure must come out eventually.

Want another hare brained idea:
Use an underground nuke to blow a big hole and relieve the pressure sooner rather than later.

21 posted on 04/06/2019 9:39:01 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: rktman

Yellowstone is no place for soccer fields.


22 posted on 04/06/2019 9:39:11 AM PDT by Rio
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To: rktman

Yellowstone supervolcano that’s killing off trees.
Translation: Old bees die panic ensues.


23 posted on 04/06/2019 9:39:49 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: crz

No reason for the water to be electrolyzed, that I can see. I’d be more concerned with expanding steam.


24 posted on 04/06/2019 9:42:04 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: crz

Pure hydrogen when exposed to heat will oxidize with the nearest oxygen to form water, and release some energy. It is an explosion when the quantity is sufficient. The hydrogen in the water pumped into the hole will not explode because it is already oxidized. The water will expand rapidly as it is heated, and that might explode, but the reasons are entirely different.


25 posted on 04/06/2019 9:42:50 AM PDT by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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To: BitWielder1

“Use an underground nuke to blow a big hole and relieve the pressure sooner rather than later.” Lucky for us Austin Powers stopped Dr. Evil from doing just that thereby keeping the u.n. from paying a ransom of “ONE MILLYON DOLLARS!”


26 posted on 04/06/2019 9:49:02 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman
Ask Smithsonian: What’s the Deepest Hole Ever Dug?

Scientists took their first crack at the mantle in 1958 with Project Mohole. American engineers drilled through the Pacific Ocean floor off Guadalupe, Mexico. But Congress discontinued funding in 1966 before the drillers ever reached the mantle.

The quest to drill deeper created a global scientific contest akin to the Space Race. In 1970, Soviet geologists took on the challenge, setting their drills over the Kola Peninsula, which juts eastward out of the Scandinavian landmass.

The Kola Superdeep Borehole was just 9 inches in diameter, but at 40,230 feet (12,262 meters) reigns as the deepest hole. It took almost 20 years to reach that 7.5-mile depth—only half the distance or less to the mantle.

By Alicia Ault SMITHSONIAN.COM FEBRUARY 19, 2015

if it takes an estimated 20 years to drill 7.5 miles; it should take 16 years to drill 6 miles.

STOP THE PRESSES!

AOC said we have less than 12 years before we all die due to globull warming. Guess we are safe then as they will never drill deep enough.
27 posted on 04/06/2019 9:50:28 AM PDT by zaxtres
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To: rktman

They are actually proposing to drill down 30,000 feet to inject water to cool a minuscule eight acre patch at a cost of 3-1/2 BILLION DOLLARS?

Just when I thought I’d heard of every possible way to piss away our tax money, this takes the cake.

Let’s scale that project up to the entire Yellowstone Caldera. The entire Yellowstone Caldera is almost a million acres. The project proposed in this article costs $437 MILLION per acre.

So, at that rate, the cost to cool the entire Yellowstone Caldera would be 4.3^14 dollars.

What do you think? Should we write to our Congressmen to support this project?

Maybe we can get AOC to support it. “COOL THE CALDERA NOW!!”


28 posted on 04/06/2019 9:50:48 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: lgjhn23
Tree hugging moonbats crying over trees
29 posted on 04/06/2019 9:51:49 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: rktman

Let’s see. Pump liquid water at high pressure into a chamber with another liquid in excess of 100 degrees C and what happens? Giant uncontrolled pressure cooker. Boom. Kitchen science!


30 posted on 04/06/2019 9:52:03 AM PDT by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: webheart

You tend to forget what the hell is in that magma as far as gasses.

Mix water with those gasses and what do you get?


31 posted on 04/06/2019 9:54:32 AM PDT by crz
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

” The entire Yellowstone Caldera is almost a million acres.” THAT my FRiend is a LOT of soccer fields worth of real estate. ;-) Where are the “moms against magma!” when you need them?


32 posted on 04/06/2019 9:55:24 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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33 posted on 04/06/2019 9:57:32 AM PDT by farming pharmer
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“Despite the fact that the mission would cost $3.46 billion (£2.63 billion), Nasa considers it ‘the most viable solution.”

I wanna see the names of the people who get the contract for this job ! All the details too..what they did for their money etc etc etc ...


34 posted on 04/06/2019 9:58:08 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: webheart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDxOhfiFsuc


36 posted on 04/06/2019 10:04:31 AM PDT by crz
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To: rktman

“Moms Against Magma” — Nice. Has a good ring to it. Need a twitter hashtag now to get it rolling...#momsagainstmagma


37 posted on 04/06/2019 10:04:51 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: rktman

https://earth.app.goo.gl/79AC13

Google Earth view of new hot spot


38 posted on 04/06/2019 10:09:15 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Cvengr
Problems even if attempted, melting the pipes, water chemistry, water source for the volume of water required to transfer the heat, cooling towers and the atmospheric impacts,...no more blue sky over the area, won’t even talk about acid rain possible systems evolving.

Yes, a final heat sink might present an issue.

The heat transfer medium does not have to be water.

I don’t see how acid rain would be an issue, unless there is some mineral in the rock strata that is soluble to the heat transfer medium. If there is it is likely already coming to the surface elsewhere in the area (sulfur is in the area).

One thing you seem to ignore is that this is already happening many places in Yellowstone. Ever hear of Geysers?

39 posted on 04/06/2019 10:10:20 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: lgjhn23

Sounds like a job for Earth First.

https://youtu.be/G880gxjj9dI


40 posted on 04/06/2019 10:14:39 AM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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