Well...it looks like CO2 is not a big deal anymore. The really bad stuff is now in play so we can quit worrying about what WE do in comparison. "Local Siberian media has reported that the very ground that people stand on is moving under their feet in the arctic regions of Siberia. Scientists have discovered 7000 gas filled bubbles according to the Siberian Times. These, bulges or 'bulgunyakh' in the local Yakut language, were originally discovered last year by researchers in Siberia's remote Bely Island. At that time only 15 of these bubbles had been identified, but a survey in the wider region of the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas has revealed the massive number of 7000 which some scientists fear may explode at any time." http://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...ost-set-to-explode-in-Siberia?detail=facebook Say goodnight Gracie.
The governments of the world should subsidize natural gas usage to deplete the stuff asap. And since methane is burning pretty clean, that should reduce CO2 emissions, smog and smoke drastically.
Not only can this NOT be done it will not stop what is happening. Methane is over 20 times as potent as a greenhouse gas and Siberia is one gigantic pile of permafrost, which is ancient frozen peat filled ground full of methane. I was seriously hoping this would take huncreds of years but, once it begins it begins an ever quicker process that cannot be stopped.
That's why I proposed to consume the gas untill the land is frozen more or less - find those cavities and extract the methane for industrial use... or at least stick a pipe in it and then burn the exiting gas before it polutes the atmosphere.
I don't think you quite understand what this is. There are no "Cavities" to extract from as the permafrost and Methane are the entire region. Unless we make a several thousand cubic mile envelope over Siberia it will all just float up into our atmosphere. Then we would need to do the same for Alaska and the rest of the Arctic eventually (probably much faster than we thought.)
Ever see the land in those areas? Try Google Earth. The place looks like it is full of craters. This has been going on for a long time and is nothing new. The story is they found these when they went looking.
