Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf

rrohbeck writes "The Independent reports brand-new results of high concentrations of methane — 100x normal — above the sea surface over the Siberian continental shelf. A large number of methane plumes have been discovered bubbling up from the sea floor. This is probably due to methane clathrate, buried under the sea floor before the last ice age, breaking up as higher water temperatures melt the permafrost that had contained it."

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Re:Siberia: crazy liberal myth or FACT?

[religious freak]

The Hebrew verb originally used is generally considered to be interpreted by "murder" (too lazy to look up a reference, but I've heard it a number of times) - so it is thou shalt not murder. No large scale social framework could function for a long period of time without the ability to kill. I guess you could point to certain eastern religions like the Jains as having functioned, but they generally get their asses handed to them throughout history.

It's the difference in interpretation of exactly what "murder" is that determines the destructive societies from the constructive ones.

Funny thing is that Islam has an even stronger moral code against killing innocents than Christianity, yet they are the ones which have the least problem with targeting purely civilian populations.

Perhaps this goes to show that it's not necessarily what your holy book says literally, it depends on who your contemporary religious leaders are.

Re:Don't worry about global warming

[fugue]

The fact that most Americans think this is funny is the problem. "If you do anything about global warming, you'll hurt my portfolio." Large-scale natural disasters in which whole ecosystems are destroyed are irrelevant, compared with a little make-believe system of measuring personal success vs. your neighbour. To quote someone famous, "Republicans are terrified of dying poor."