I Really Could Be on to Something
Yesterday I posted about whether or not the consequences of the California wildfires had really be thought through. Could non-standard, non-industrial/corporate sources of warming be so easily overlooked? Could these be the “missing link” that could finally silence the climate change deniers?
Like I said, I’m not an “official” climate scientist (just a serious amateur) so I don’t have millions of dollars in lab equipment and balloons, but I am smart enough and I do have enough resources to notice that it has definitely been hotter lately.
Another idea I’ve been mulling around is the possibility that the mere act of drilling for oil is warming the planet. I know it seems silly at first, but when you really think about it starts to make sense:
1. We’re drilling holes hundreds of miles deep into the Earth’s crust. The crust is the part of the planet that shields us from the heat of the core and mantel. We’re basically putting holes in the insulation that prevents our planet from turning into a star.
2. We’re extracting the carbon-based oil that the dinosaurs put there billions of years ago. Carbon is toxic to humans and to our planet so what do we do with it? We put it in our cars and burn it so that it goes up into the atmosphere and back down into our lungs. GOOD PLAN, GENIUSES!
3. What is the number one indicator of global warming? Rising ocean temperatures. Where is the crust the thinnest? Under the oceans. Where do we drill most of our oil wells? Take a guess…
I guarantee you won’t ever hear a thing about this from the mainstream media. They’re all multinational corporations that care more about stock price than the environment. Luckily I’m not beholden to any special interests other than my cats.
August 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
An interesting post, for sure, and I agree with ya politically, but I gotta say, your science needs a little… brushing up on. Lets see… this might just be a nitpick, since your meaning is apparent, but… “Carbon is toxic to humans and to our planet.” Considering we’re carbon-based life forms, and that the majority of our food is also carbon-based, such a statement seems at best, misguided. Also, when you consider the depths that we drill to, the amount of holes we drill, this has absolutely no effect on how heat is transferred from the core to the surface of the planet. It’d be like sticking a few needles in a mountain. “I know it seems silly at first, but when you really think about it starts to make sense.” It’s an interesting idea, but really… if you look into it, no… no it doesn’t make sense. I mean… think about it, volcanos will have so much bigger of an effect than drilling. They’ve been happening throughout the planet’s history and will continue to.
I hate to say it, but I don’t think saying this kind of thing is very helpful. The biggest weapon we have to fight global-warming deniers is reality. Science. The facts are already on our side, so we should use them instead of trying to invent false ones. The “facts” global warming deniers pull out of their asses to try to prove their bullshit are often laughable. Again, pointing that out is the best method we have in the struggle to prevent their further damaging of the planet. So in my opinion, we should avoid doing the same thing ourselves. And no offense, but thats kinda what I see this post as doing.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
This would explain the hidden problem of Oxygen depletion as well
All of our oxygen is falling down these holes. We must put a stop to this!