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Update: Sinkhole 52,000 gallons mystery crude oil collected, shocking growth exposed | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 01:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. |
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| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 01:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. You sure? 5.187 TRILLION megajoules or 5.18700 x 10(18)? Aren't we talking end of the planet at that point? We'd be talking bigger than this, right? [link to en.wikipedia.org] Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 01:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. You sure? 5.187 TRILLION megajoules or 5.18700 x 10(18)? Aren't we talking end of the planet at that point? We'd be talking bigger than this, right? [link to en.wikipedia.org] 5 trillion I think I added a few too many 000's |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 01:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | But yea, it would be bigger than any nuke we have ever detonated I believe. Tsar bomb is the biggest at 200 MT correct? Lets find out what that would do.. [link to en.wikipedia.org] ANd i'm only talking about the natural gas, what about the methane and the oil? |
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| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 01:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. You sure? 5.187 TRILLION megajoules or 5.18700 x 10(18)? Aren't we talking end of the planet at that point? We'd be talking bigger than this, right? [link to en.wikipedia.org] 1 Gigaton of TNT = 4.184×10(18) J But you're talking on the order of over a million times that (megajoules)? Me thinks your calculations may be a tad off. At least I hope so. Is there a math whiz in the house? Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
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| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 02:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. You sure? 5.187 TRILLION megajoules or 5.18700 x 10(18)? Aren't we talking end of the planet at that point? We'd be talking bigger than this, right? [link to en.wikipedia.org] 5 trillion I think I added a few too many 000's Oh that's good. I feel much better now. So basically we'll only see the bottom half of the US blown up instead of the entire hemisphere? Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 02:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. You sure? 5.187 TRILLION megajoules or 5.18700 x 10(18)? Aren't we talking end of the planet at that point? We'd be talking bigger than this, right? [link to en.wikipedia.org] 1 Gigaton of TNT = 4.184×10(18) J But you're talking on the order of over a million times that (megajoules)? Me thinks your calculations may be a tad off. At least I hope so. Is there a math whiz in the house? [link to en.wikipedia.org] Do the math yourself Quantities of natural gas are measured in normal cubic meters (corresponding to 0 °C at 101.325 kPa) or in standard cubic feet (corresponding to 60 °F (16 °C) and 14.73 psia). The gross heat of combustion of one cubic meter of commercial quality natural gas is around 39 megajoules (≈10.8 kWh), but this can vary by several percent. This comes to about 49 megajoules (≈13.5 kWh) for one kg of natural gas (assuming 0.8 kg/m^3, an approximate value).[citation needed] Commercial quality is going to be much more refined then this gas so eliminate some portion for that. But I don't think that's too far off... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 02:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And then you would have to take into account that the blast would be mostly forced upwards out of the sinkholes etc. So it wouldn't be a clean expanding explosion like a surface nuke. I wonder what the shock wave would be like and how long the estimated millions of barrels of crude would burn for. |
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| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 02:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | just did some math did you know that 500 billion cubic feet of natural gas all exploding at once would generate combustion energy that of 133~BILLION cubic meters x 39 Megajoules so= Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 5187000000000 megajoules of energy..... hahahahahhaahahhaahhahhahah biggest boom of our lives. You sure? 5.187 TRILLION megajoules or 5.18700 x 10(18)? Aren't we talking end of the planet at that point? We'd be talking bigger than this, right? [link to en.wikipedia.org] 1 Gigaton of TNT = 4.184×10(18) J But you're talking on the order of over a million times that (megajoules)? Me thinks your calculations may be a tad off. At least I hope so. Is there a math whiz in the house? [link to en.wikipedia.org] Do the math yourself Quantities of natural gas are measured in normal cubic meters (corresponding to 0 °C at 101.325 kPa) or in standard cubic feet (corresponding to 60 °F (16 °C) and 14.73 psia). The gross heat of combustion of one cubic meter of commercial quality natural gas is around 39 megajoules (≈10.8 kWh), but this can vary by several percent. This comes to about 49 megajoules (≈13.5 kWh) for one kg of natural gas (assuming 0.8 kg/m^3, an approximate value).[citation needed] Commercial quality is going to be much more refined then this gas so eliminate some portion for that. But I don't think that's too far off... My math skills would probably suck at 2 a.m. so not even going to attempt that right now. Good comparison chart between butane and methane: [link to www.diffen.com] Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 02:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to en.wikipedia.org] Read up on that, who knows how dense some areas underneath us are of methane and natural gas. I would venture to guess its not uniform but probably more like pockets of gas that get trapped due to environmental factors. |
| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 02:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1000 joules = 1 megajoule if I remember my chemistry correctly lol Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 1 megajoule = 1,000 KILOjoules actually [link to www.aqua-calc.com] Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
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| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 02:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes. Mega = million Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
| Present and Aware (OP) User ID: 6139196 United States10/22/2012 02:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's starting to get out now. Shouldn't be long before we see some major movement. Quoting: 39DragonFlies Exactly. Mainstream media won't be able to ignore it for long. Reminder to those who think they can do what they like to others with no repercussions... [link to youtu.be] "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6 1966 (South Africa address) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 02:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.kylesconverter.com] Well thats nifty, but again I believe that conversion would be for refined gas. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26048166 United States10/22/2012 02:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And then you would have to take into account that the blast would be mostly forced upwards out of the sinkholes etc. So it wouldn't be a clean expanding explosion like a surface nuke. I wonder what the shock wave would be like and how long the estimated millions of barrels of crude would burn for. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 I cannot even wrap my head around this...holy sh** |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25870406 United States10/22/2012 02:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1.2 X 10^18 so 1.2 exajoules. 1.4 i guess was the total electrical usage of the US in 2009.... [link to en.wikipedia.org] Well shit, thats a rather large explosion. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 25908870 United States10/22/2012 02:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And then you would have to take into account that the blast would be mostly forced upwards out of the sinkholes etc. So it wouldn't be a clean expanding explosion like a surface nuke. I wonder what the shock wave would be like and how long the estimated millions of barrels of crude would burn for. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25870406 Yikes. |
