Mount St. Helens Eruption Baffles Scientists

jurt1235 writes "Mount St. Helens, which started erupting 15 months ago, is still erupting. The weird part is, by now every 3 seconds 10 cubic yards of lava is coming out of the volcano but scientists cannot determine from where it is coming anymore. From the article: 'The volume is greater than anything that could be standing in a narrow 3-mile pipe. That suggests resupply from greater depths, which normally would generate certain gases and deep earthquakes. Neither is being detected.'"

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Re:Be aware of the facts, always.

[fmobus]

I study oil and gold extraction (I blog about gold mines, too) and I am amazed at how often scientists are proven wrong. I know that it is heretical to say that on slashdot (I was blasted about it earlier this morning on this very forum), but we as a society seem to have too much faith in scientific research finding facts that turn out to be just plain wrong.

Part of the scientific method is proving that other scientist are wrong.

Re:Be aware of the facts, always.

[WryCoder]

If you had any scientific knowledge you would know oil is not renewable because it is made of decomposed "fossils" (hence "fossil fuels"). There are not unlimited "fossils" on this planet. Your speaking gibberish to make a very invalid point.

And if you had a scientific attitude you would be less dogamatic in your statements. It's unlikely that the vast quantities of petroleum came from rotting vegetation. Rather, it's primordial, derived from methane and similar hydrocarbons dating back to the formation of the earth. Check out "The Deep, Hot Biosphere" by Thomas Gold.