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Burning Ice Drilled from Alaska's Slope
bagboy writes to tell us that as sources of renewable energy are being sought, BP has announced a new method of extracting natural gas from ice underneath Alaska's North Slope drilling fields. "Scientists with the federal Energy Department paid $4.6 million to drill for the hot ice just below the surface of the Milne Point well, which is situated northwest of Prudhoe Bay. [...] Now, scientists from around the world are waiting for pieces of this strange ice to conduct their own tests and determine whether Alaska's frozen grounds contain untapped, clean-burning energy."
Now, scientists from around the world are waiting for pieces of this strange ice to conduct their own tests and determine whether Alaska's frozen grounds contain untapped, clean-burning energy.
Clean-burning? Sure. But at $4.6 million a gallon, I'll stick with oil.
I wonder if I use bold in my signature, people will notice my posts.
a snowball's chance in hell of ever working.
Scientists with the federal Energy Department paid $4.6 million to drill for the hot ice just below the surface of the Milne Point well, which is situated northwest of Prudhoe Bay
I guess Prudhoe Bay is OK. As long as it's not in ANWR a few hundred miles away. I guess there is no wildlife at Prudhoe Bay.
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I liken it more to Transparent Aluminum.
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Do you even know what the hell you are talking about?
Of course it's renewable. All you gotta do is:
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By your logic, anything that releases CO2 is contributing to Global Warming, am I correct?
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Well, in that case, let's kill all the animals. Dogs, cats, cows, every last one. After all, they're creating dangerous CO2. And then we can all starve to death and we'll die too. That should teach us for breathing. *cough*
Or maybe you could read up a bit and see what happens to that CO2.
No disrespect or flamebait in any way. It just gets on my nerves when people assume that CO2 is the driving factor behind global warming. (Cow farts are more dangerous than CO2. So do the world a favor and eat steak.)
By the way, good job at shamelessly plugging your political views in a scientific discussion.
Why ruin Alaska for natural gas?
They're trying to remove the snow. I know you've been in an igloo all your life and this probably seems frightening but trust us, it's going to be OK.
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So now instead of burning fuel which causes global warming and in turn melts the ice, we'll have cleaner fuel which doesn't melt the ice, and all we have to do is melt the ice to get it!
I love it when a plan comes together.
No no no. You got it all wrong. You slowly warm the ice cubes in an alcohol solution. I'm going to begin some preliminary experimentation this evening with an eye towards large scale experiments this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes.
I know you've been in an igloo all your life and this probably seems frightening but trust us, it's going to be OK.
Oh yeah, I should just trust you. That's exactly what the doctor said when he wanted me to leave the womb, and I've regretted that decision ever since. I'm not falling for it again!
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You fool! You foolish fool! Did you learn NOTHING from Jurassic Park?
Cold steam would be sublime.