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Yellowstone Super-Volcano far larger than thought.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:46 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25312674

It's big, guys, fucking big! :shock:
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Post by macdoc » Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:14 am

we wuz just there....

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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:22 am

I hope it blows up.
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Post by macdoc » Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:26 am

where there is smoke

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Post by JimC » Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:33 am

I wonder if drilling into it to extract the geothermal energy would be pushing it...
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:34 am

They should encase the area in a gigantic cement dome and then prod it till it goes off. Free energy!
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Post by mistermack » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:19 pm

I must admit, I don't understand geothermal energy economics. There must be major problems that make it uneconomic in most situations, because they spend billions to get oil up from the depths, just to make energy, and yet there it is, waiting to be used.

The only one that I've read about, is a power station somewhere in the African Rift Valley, which has been producing electricity for years. Iceland, I guess, is producing electricity from geothermal.

I wonder why they haven't had a go at this, for electrical generation? If the magma is within 6,000 feet of the surface in places, there must be a hell of a lot of hot rock, above it. Surely they could make that pay?
Of course, if they could, they would, it being America. But I'd like to know what's stopping them.
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Post by cronus » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:22 pm

mistermack wrote:I must admit, I don't understand geothermal energy economics. There must be major problems that make it uneconomic in most situations, because they spend billions to get oil up from the depths, just to make energy, and yet there it is, waiting to be used.

The only one that I've read about, is a power station somewhere in the African Rift Valley, which has been producing electricity for years. Iceland, I guess, is producing electricity from geothermal.

I wonder why they haven't had a go at this, for electrical generation? If the magma is within 6,000 feet of the surface in places, there must be a hell of a lot of hot rock, above it. Surely they could make that pay?
Of course, if they could, they would, it being America. But I'd like to know what's stopping them.
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Post by mistermack » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:32 pm

Scrumple wrote: Superstition.
That's crazy. I would just ignore the superstitious nonsense, and keep my finger's crossed, and go for it. Nothing's going to happen.

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Re: Yellowstone Super-Volcano far larger than thought.

Post by cronus » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:39 pm

mistermack wrote:
Scrumple wrote: Superstition.
That's crazy. I would just ignore the superstitious nonsense, and keep my finger's crossed, and go for it. Nothing's going to happen.

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Re: Yellowstone Super-Volcano far larger than thought.

Post by mistermack » Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:45 pm

Scrumple wrote:
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Scrumple wrote: Superstition.
That's crazy. I would just ignore the superstitious nonsense, and keep my finger's crossed, and go for it. Nothing's going to happen.

Touch wood.
Easier to start fires than to put them out.
That depends on the weather. You've obviously never been to the west of Ireland.
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:47 pm

My friend Sean keeps reminding me about this. Enough doom! :lay:
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Re: Yellowstone Super-Volcano far larger than thought.

Post by JimC » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:21 am

Bella Fortuna wrote:My friend Sean keeps reminding me about this. Enough doom! :lay:
Saying "enough doom" to Scrumple is like saying "enough gin" to me... :hehe:
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:51 am

macdoc wrote:we wuz just there....

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