Posted on 01/15/2016 2:09:31 PM PST by UCANSEE2
A gas leak deep under Los Angeles has been spewing 1.6 million lbs. of methane each day, with no immediate end in sight.
The months-long leak in Porter Ranch is already the worst in California's history, and environmental advocates fear it could have a long-term impact on the climate. While methane does not stay in the atmosphere for as long as carbon dioxide, it traps radiation more effectively, making it a significant contributor to global warming.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
SO.... I find it interesting that a leak this dangerous and of this magnitude is going on and the public largely seems to be unaware of it.
Because it is a natural even that cannot be blamed on man and thus cannot be used as justification for massive transfer of power form the People to Governments.
Burn it off as usual ... oh wait, that would pollute the atmosphere.
They have really been keeping the lid on this one. Also Jerry Browns sister is on the board of directors for the company that owns these gas fields.
LA Weekly has done a great job of reporting.
http://www.laweekly.com/news/what-went-wrong-at-porter-ranch-6405804
Articles have been posted.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3381316/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3376379/posts
Ah, just trow a match in there. That will stop it.
Next, ask me for my fix to the overpopulation problem.
The heat of burning it would increase globull (yes, it’s bull) warming.
one more from today.
[[While methane does not stay in the atmosphere for as long as carbon dioxide, it traps radiation more effectively, making it a significant contributor to global warming.]]
And just how ‘significantly does it contribute to global warming’? Our atmosphere weighs nearly 6 quadrillion tons- what little methane is in our atmosphere is insignificant by comparison- it’s less that 0.01% of the atmosphere
It’s a leak from an underground gas storage location, so not entirely natural.
It's not a natural event. It's leaking from a man-made well.
That being said, I agree with your sentiment regardless of the cause.
The sky is falling. Again.
And I thought my farts were bad!
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
No smoking hot spot1. The greenhouse signature is missing. We have been looking and measuring for years, and cannot find it.
Each possible cause of global warming has a different pattern of where in the planet the warming occurs first and the most. The signature of an increased greenhouse effect is a hot spot about 10km up in the atmosphere over the tropics. We have been measuring the atmosphere for decades using radiosondes: weather balloons with thermometers that radio back the temperature as the balloon ascends through the atmosphere. They show no hot spot. Whatsoever.
If there is no hot spot then an increased greenhouse effect is not the cause of global warming. So we know for sure that carbon emissions are not a significant cause of the global warming. If we had found the greenhouse signature then I would be an alarmist again.
It’s really scary, kids! Owoooooo...
I miss SCTV.
Arrest Jerry Brown
Burn it off as usual ... oh wait, that would pollute the atmosphere.
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