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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Yellowstone is no place for soccer fields.
Yellowstone supervolcano that’s killing off trees.
Translation: Old bees die panic ensues.
No reason for the water to be electrolyzed, that I can see. I’d be more concerned with expanding steam.
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.
“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!”
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!!”
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!
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?
” 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?
“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 ...
“Moms Against Magma” — Nice. Has a good ring to it. Need a twitter hashtag now to get it rolling...#momsagainstmagma
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?
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