Massive Methane Leak in California - Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill?

"Since initially reporting on California's Aliso Canyon gas leak, more details have emerged on the scale (and potential for no solution) of the problem as the infamous Erin Brockovich writes, "the enormity of the Aliso Canyon gas leak cannot be overstated. Gas is escaping through a ruptured pipe more than 8,000 feet underground, and it shows no signs of stopping," as according to the California Air Resources Board, methane - a greenhouse gas 72 times more impactful in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide - has been escaping from the Aliso Canyon site with force equivalent “to a volcanic eruption” for about two months now."

The leak includes not just methane but benzene (a carcinogen) also. Despite frantic efforts, the leak can't be stopped until Spring.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-24/unstoppable-california-gas...

I understand that Delmont, in Westmoreland County, PA, has a huge methane storage well, also. Let's hope it doesn't leak. http://old.post-gazette.com/healthscience/19990322gas2.asp

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Permalink Reply by paleface on February 13, 2016 at 7:57am

Barry there's no helping Paul his conscience is dead or maybe that part of his brain never developed. Maybe he could do stand up comedy?Like Craig said his storys are funny. 

Permalink Reply by Barry D on February 13, 2016 at 9:42am

paleface,

I agree, no conscience, lack of ethics, lack of character.

Permalink Reply by Barry D on February 13, 2016 at 9:46am

paleface,

I posted some information about fugitive methane. It tells the truth and blows away the misinformation that has been posted.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 13, 2016 at 8:22am
Saw on the news just this morning that the 'leak' has been stopped.
Permalink Reply by Tom Brian on February 14, 2016 at 5:36am

They are filling it up with concrete, is just another hole filled in at this point ,,,,,,,,,, got to find another life ending worst thing in history to whip up hype ....  stay tuned .. he will be right back

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 14, 2016 at 6:58am
I'm guessing you're probably correct on that sir.

Hope not however.
Permalink Reply by Paul Heckbert on February 15, 2016 at 9:26am

Joseph: see the video I posted a link to, earlier, for infrared photography of the end of this leak (we hope): http://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/massive-methane-leak-in-ca...

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 15, 2016 at 12:34pm
The only end of the leak that matters is that the leak ended with the newly installed concrete plug and the remainder of the work required to permanently resolve the situation.

I think thay ought to draw down the storage and sell it off.

The customers that will do without their natural gas service are the folks who will feel the most pain.

JMHOs
Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 15, 2016 at 10:28pm
Might be it's back to the stone age for them.

You know, maybe like rubbing two sticks together to start their campfires or something along those lines.

Good luck to them.
Permalink Reply by Paul Heckbert on April 7, 2016 at 11:31am

A long retrospective article about the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/magazine/the-invisible-catastroph...

"The leak at Aliso Canyon, Conley discovered, was the largest methane leak in the country’s history. … The Aliso Canyon leak produced the same amount of global warming as 1,735,404 cars in a full year. ...

Volochkov said he knew something was wrong in October, when his parrot, Bon, dropped dead. He bought a new parrot and a parakeet, Gosha and Margosha, but they died within a month. The same thing happened in Kiev, when, he said, nuclear radiation from Chernobyl killed his parakeet, Petruschka. ...

Stern has been struck at community meetings by the comments of local residents, many of them self-­identifying conservatives, who have begun to question the wisdom of relying on fossil fuels. “Climate change is not a real thing for most of these people,” Stern said. “But you change your mind quick when your kids are puking.” "

Permalink Reply by Barry D on April 8, 2016 at 6:41am

Hey, Chicken Little,

First: the global warming effect of the leak is a made up number, there is no scientific study to back that claim.

Second: Global warming is a natuarl occurrence. But once again you associate it with human activity. There is not one shred of credible evidence that connect the two.

Just more fear mongering on your pat.

Permalink Reply by paleface on April 8, 2016 at 9:27am

This is starting to resemble the Dimmick Pa scam.

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