A Massive Lake of Molten Carbon The Size of Mexico is Discovered Under The US

GeologyIn ^ | 30 Apr 2017

[RipSawyer]

“Does this mean that SUVs can be found in the earths mantle?”

Maybe some Chevrolet Avalanches. What idiot at General Motors picked that name anyway?

[VaeVictis]

Uhhh, they mean old discovery? We’ve known about that super volcano for years. How about we pop it and see if it solves the global warming hysteria?

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

I would guess that molten carbon , if released to the surface and cooled, would just solidify to graphite.

Think of it as diamonds in the rough...

[Fungi]

I agree with you, perhaps I took the wrong approach on my post.

[blackpacific]

I was just reading somewhere that the “Ozone Hole” we were supposed to worry about opens up at the Poles during their respective winter months due to the fact that the Sun does not shine there. The Sun, which is supposed to burn us all alive through the Ozone Hole actually creates Ozone when it shines on the atmosphere, so that there will never be an “Ozone Hole” between us and the Sun. There will be an “Ozone Blanket” as needed, just as God intended.

[blackpacific]

What does this mean for Carbon-14 dating? Doesn't C-14 dating rely upon the exposure and constant decay in the presence of environmental factors? What happens when a cataclysmic eruption takes place, like the Long Valley Caldera or Yellowstone? Will the newly liberated carbon totally skew the C-14 timeline that is so revered in certain scientism circles?

[AdmSmith]

Badly written article.

According to this https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170213090756.htm it is “Under the western US is a huge underground partially-molten reservoir of liquid carbonate. It is a result of one of the tectonic plates of the Pacific Ocean forced underneath the western USA, undergoing partial melting thanks to gasses like CO2 and H2O contained in the minerals dissolved in it.”

[Yaelle]

Did they have to say “the size of Mexico”? Now the illegals will claim all that land too.

[patton]

KT, sorry. Dyslexic typist.

[Kalamata]

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Quick, send us more money, and we will prop it up!

[Mrs. Don-o]

OK, thanks. I was confused there. From the context, I should have known you meant the K-T boundary.<p

Molter carbon discovery is sure interesting, altogether.

[SunkenCiv]

Oh look — more carbon-causes-global-warming b******* from Europe.

[Grimmy]

We should drill down and tap that resource.

We could corner the global market on Bucky Balls and carbon nano tubes.

[cynwoody]

The molten carbon from down under would burst into flame upon exposure to the atmosphere, giving Algore a heart attack.

[SunkenCiv]

I’d agree, but note some of the other comments in the thread about what’s down there. Also, even the nitwit article author noted that we can’t drill down that far anyway, IOW, there’s not one little bit of danger of our opening a hole we can’t close, for example. :^)

[Gene Eric]

Looks like a dancing GSD to me...

[Gene Eric]

"scientists now believe"

[Grimmy]

Worked for British Petroleum.