A little worn - but still seeking and providing information on energy
About ten years ago I began to write a blog, and after a time that transformed into co-founding The Oil Drum. Move on a few years, and at the end of 2008 I turned from being an editor there to this blog, although the OGPSS series continued to be posted, on Sundays, at TOD as their weekly Tech Talk. Some of the industrial technical descriptions of oilwell formation and coal mining are relatively timeless and useful, and so are listed below.
Along the way I became similarly cynical about some of the facts being bruited about Climate Change, and did a little study, which is documented here as the State Temperature Analysis Series. It showed that the UHI is real and that there is a log:normal relationship between population and temperature (which is also related to altitude and latitude). You can read the individual state studies, which are listed below. There will still be the occasional post on this topic.
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Fine. Explosives have worked in some other situations. The critical difference in the Deepwater site has huge clathrate formations that likely contributed to the incident in the first place. If you advocate explosions, then you must also demonstrate the explosions will not destabilize the hydrates, or if so, that any consequences are manageable. Why the hydrates seem to be such a small detail to so many is really puzzling to those who are looking carefully at the situation.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for the peanut gallery, nobody has ever been able to deal with hydrates yet- and not for lack of trying under even the best of circumstances.
I am not advocating the use of explosives, this was more as a matter of general information, there are a very large number of reasons why it is not a good idea in this circumstance. (Which has not stopped some folk from advocating it). Even more than the practical reasons which make it infeasible are the political considerations which make it totally unrealistic as an option.
ReplyDeletelee, how about a 101 for the peanuts?
ReplyDeleteI'm just interested.