[theBuckwheat]

In Cameroon, the waters of Lakes Nyos and Monoun absorb CO2 that seeps into the lake bed from volcanic sources. At some point, when the water can no longer absorb the gas, the entire lake erupts like a warm bottle of soft drink does when the cap is released- the gas violently comes out of solution and fills displaces the air above and downwind of the lake.

In the 1990s in an eruption, thousands of people sleeping in an nearby town died.

If we decide to sequester CO2 by forcing it into deep wells, we risk a similar future disaster if the wellhead is ever broken open.

[theBuckwheat]

Link to related BBC story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4285878.stm

[Thebaddog]

IMHO, if every econut had to pay for their failed ideas with their lives, a lot of this soft thought stuff would dry up. We could build a coliseum with a huge carbon footprint and feed the losers to the lions. the coliseum is old but good technology that we know works and the lions gotta eat too. Think about it, science would get back to serious endeavors in no time and we would then get to solving this energy problem with real solutions, not “Wind and Solar” as the nuts are always pushing.