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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:30 AM Original message |
Methane 'escaping' from Arctic sea bed |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. This... is bad. n/t |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. your sigline says it all n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. "The Bible don't mention this, and Rush don't believe it." - Republicon Homelanders |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. we are fucked. n/t |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Mother of Storms.. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Small nuclear bombs, hmmm? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. bush didn't act on global warming because it was melting the ice caps. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. i still believe they are intentionally melting or blowing up the ice fields |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It would have shown in seismic and micro-barograph readings. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. that's true for explosives...what about other methods? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nothing that leaves any kind of signature, will be secret for long. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. They are causing global warming -w/ Laser and Microwave technology |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I saw a satellite photo a few months back -showed a grid-like melt pattern in the Arctic ice |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Lasers are amplified light. I don't see where they'd make much difference |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Hmmm |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. If you mimic a seismic event in an area that doesn't have any, people |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I wasn't clear ... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. I was thinking as an old spook, not a geologist. Nobody could get away |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. They don't have to do anything like that. Global warming is doing it for them. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Are they using microwave technology to cut through ice? - LOOK |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. What you are describing would be secret use of military tech to STOP |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I don't believe that is the true, intended end result of all they are doing with |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Well, whatever they may THINK they are doing, if it's the republicans |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Ain't that the fucking truth. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. That's the ANTARCTIC |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. gee- silly me to think what is being done in the ANTARCTIC could also be done in the ARCTIC! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. you finally put two words together correctly..."silly me" |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. screw you |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Well, the OP was about the arctic |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I was saying it appears technology exists, and may be in use, that can destroy ice fields |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
66. The second link is hilarious, because even the most of the conspiracy nuts there don't buy it |
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freedomnorth (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. LOL |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. "A LASER BEING?!?!?!?! WE'RE ALL TOAST!!!!!" |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
71. hate to push this to the top but it wont go away & i'm embarrassed |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Actually, it appears THEY may be causing global warming with laser/maser tech |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's the American dream |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Look at whatever part of it you choose |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
61. Tinfoil loon. n/t |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. thank you. I wear it proudly these days. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. That was a good book, btw. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. If your taste runs to dystopian hard SF, yep it was a good book. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why oh why didn't Al Gore run this year? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. (Insert immature fart joke here) |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. I thought this was a story |
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DustyJoe (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. I didn't know |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. They were reporting on this a couple of years ago but nobody listened |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. I took a class in 1983 |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Part of the 'born again' agenda, ignore details because some book.. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. The Class Had |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Yea, a flaw in my character there |
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LakeView1 (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. New energy source or doom? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. some dangers ? |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Probably would bring a whole new meaning to "Shake and Bake" |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Welcome to DU, Lake! |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Probably cause nothing worse than 15-20ft tsunami with no warning |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. Isn't there also concern that ancient forms of bacteria or viruses could be released? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. That would be the under-the-ice lakes in Antartica, lake Vostok being the largest |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. There is methane trapped in the permafrost |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Indeed, the latest estimate of the permafrost carbon store is *twice* that in the atmosphere |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. This is bad news. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yet another "Great Dying" methane event? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. One good thing about a P/T style extinction event. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Thanks! That brightens my previously gloomy outlook |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I've been to Paris. Some parts of it smell like a fart anyway |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. This is excellent news |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. If we can't collect it, we'd do well to burn it off. Every methane molecule is 20 times worse than |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. Damn is she gona blow? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 04:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
60. This isn't a Sarah post |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. don't show this to Crichton and the others who still maintain |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
62. ttt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. K&R |
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freedomnorth (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. K&R |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-25-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
73. AGU - Origin Of Pingo-Like Features On The Beaufort Sea Shelf (Re. Methane Hydrates) |
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