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'Widespread methane leakage' from ocean floor off US coast

Discussion in 'Environment & Conservation' started by longknife, Sep 9, 2014.

  1. longknife

    longknife New Member

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    longknife, Sep 9, 2014
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    Methane/natural gas plumes can happen for such a long period of time that they become entombed and are visible on seismic, millions of years later. Those weren't mankind's fault either, these things have been happening down through the geologic record for a long time. And will continue, regardless of people being around.
     
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    Methane munchers gobble greenhouse gases...
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    Microbes in Deep Sea Rocks Eat Global Warming Gas
    October 16, 2014 ~ A new study finds that tiny microbes inside rocks in the deep ocean are munching on methane.
     
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    And I saw a piece in Discover that the Four Corners area has a huge methane leak.
     
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    man-made climate change doesn't mean man micro manages everything that contributes to climate change.. just means man is contributing to the climate
     
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    Yes very obvious and logical which means it doesn't incorporate into denialist ideology. The guy is saying something like photosynthesis is a natural process, producing CO2, so why are folks blaming this on AGW? Their world is full of these kind of irrational strawmen.

    Actually the BBC article is a little more hedged than the denialists wish to acknowledge. Take these quotes together.

     
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    Why on earth would you ever think that methane from the seabed was manmade??????????????
     
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    Well, that MUST be frackings fault. Sure, there is nearly none of it going on in that neck of the woods, but facts are irrelevant in the face of belief.

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    Humans bad. Hubris says they are the cause of all. In this belief system, everything is mankind's fault. Like the climate change folks…all human…all the time….
     
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