Comments on: The Gulf of Mexico spill is bad enough without turning it into a disaster movie http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie NEWS & COMMENTARY FROM THE WORLD OF GEOLOGY & EARTH SCIENCE Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Geoblogospheric community: what is it good for? « Watershed Hydrogeology Blog http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11499 Geoblogospheric community: what is it good for? « Watershed Hydrogeology Blog Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:15:41 +0000 http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/?p=3753#comment-11499 [...] When the next challenge comes along, whether it’s in the form of ridiculous rumours about methane tsunamis, lack of reporting on an unfolding natural disaster, or construing volcano monitoring as political [...] [...] When the next challenge comes along, whether it’s in the form of ridiculous rumours about methane tsunamis, lack of reporting on an unfolding natural disaster, or construing volcano monitoring as political [...]

]]> By: Geoblogospheric community. What is it good for? | Highly Allochthonous http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11343 Geoblogospheric community. What is it good for? | Highly Allochthonous Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:12:38 +0000 http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/?p=3753#comment-11343 [...] When the next challenge comes along, whether it’s in the form of ridiculous rumours about methane tsunamis, lack of reporting on an unfolding natural disaster, or construing volcano monitoring as political [...] [...] When the next challenge comes along, whether it’s in the form of ridiculous rumours about methane tsunamis, lack of reporting on an unfolding natural disaster, or construing volcano monitoring as political [...]

]]> By: Chris Rowan http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11273 Chris Rowan Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:14:10 +0000 http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/?p=3753#comment-11273 No, there is not always a chance. Especially when people start with a mistaken premise and then make stuff up. No, there is not always a chance. Especially when people start with a mistaken premise and then make stuff up.

]]> By: eliza http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11272 eliza Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:10:12 +0000 http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/?p=3753#comment-11272 well, your just gunna look like a huge idiot if this does happen. there is always a chance. and YOU could be the reason that millions of people die. is that something you really want to live with? well, your just gunna look like a huge idiot if this does happen.
there is always a chance.
and YOU could be the reason that millions of people die.
is that something you really want to live with?

]]> By: Chris Rowan http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11264 Chris Rowan Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:08:53 +0000 http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/?p=3753#comment-11264 Well, your four links can't really be bundled together into a 'theory': they are only related in the sense that they involve methane having some sort of significant geological impact, and none of them really have any bearing on what's going on in the Gulf of Mexico. In most cases, there is the usual caveat that when geologists use 'rapid' they are generally still talking about <em>at least</em> a few thousand years. The only exception is the Cretaceous impact one - which I haven't heard before - but I hope I don't have to point out that one half-metre borehole is a little different from a 6 mile-across asteroid.... Well, your four links can’t really be bundled together into a ‘theory’: they are only related in the sense that they involve methane having some sort of significant geological impact, and none of them really have any bearing on what’s going on in the Gulf of Mexico. In most cases, there is the usual caveat that when geologists use ‘rapid’ they are generally still talking about at least a few thousand years. The only exception is the Cretaceous impact one – which I haven’t heard before – but I hope I don’t have to point out that one half-metre borehole is a little different from a 6 mile-across asteroid….

]]> By: Finn http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2010/07/the-gulf-of-mexico-spill-is-bad-enough-without-turning-it-into-a-disaster-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-11262 Finn Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:41:04 +0000 http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/?p=3753#comment-11262 So, do you think all methane explosion theories are bull or just this one? What about all the past theories of mass extinctions that you can read about: http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/Oceans/GES205/methaneGeology.pdf (George Ryshkin's paper) http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/dinosaurs_fry_991118.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10935632 Or, the lake that exploded in Cameroon as mentioned in this cheesy history channel video: http://vimeo.com/8269021 Are you saying that the entire theory is definitely false or only in the specific context of the BP oil spill? So, do you think all methane explosion theories are bull or just this one? What about all the past theories of mass extinctions that you can read about:

http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/Oceans/GES205/methaneGeology.pdf (George Ryshkin’s paper)

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/dinosaurs_fry_991118.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10935632

Or, the lake that exploded in Cameroon as mentioned in this cheesy history channel video: http://vimeo.com/8269021

Are you saying that the entire theory is definitely false or only in the specific context of the BP oil spill?

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