24-06-2010, 09:02 AM
This methane hydrate nightmare scenario might seem far fetched. It is NOT! Some believe that past similar events [natural, not BP-induced] caused some of the past extinction events in Paleo-history. Now that BP has possibly punctured a large methane hydrate deposit, it might just find a way 'up and out' and would very likely spontaneously ignite and explode. The 'event' could be any size - but it would NOT be hard to imagine an event damaging or destroying the coast of the entire Gulf. It would also put so much CO2 into the atmosphere, along with water and heat energy so quickly, it could well cause months or years of climate change......worldwide. Thank you BP. 
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass