Mud Volcano 'To Last 26 Years'

Great article about the mud, but there is another point that was new to me. It's great to keep learning.

The driving force for the mud is "carbonated aquifer" that's actually deeper than the mud strata. This opens two questions for me.

Firstly, how much CO2 is coming out of this "volcano" for the next 26 years?

Second, Aren't a lot of the "carbon capture" concepts based on subterrainian storage of CO2? (And thus what is to stop them from erupting like this some time in the future?)

"Second, Aren't a lot of the "carbon capture" concepts based on subterranean storage of CO2? (And thus what is to stop them from erupting like this some time in the future?)"

This is true of storing radioactive materials. How many years must spent rods from nuclear power plants be stored before they are safe?

Here, where I live in Central Texas, a billion dollar coal fueled power plant was proposed that would have "0" CO2 emissions. This was a government sponsored project to see if more power plants could be built with "0" CO2 emissions. There was competing sites for the project. There was lots of publicity to favor this area. All the ads were touting the "0" CO2 emissions. Then, somebody said that you've got to have C02 if you are going to burn coal. And then, the promoters said it would not be let into the atmosphere, but, rather, buried in the ground. This area was good because there were lots of salt domes where the oil and gas had been extracted and, therefore, a good place to put the CO2. Then, people began to wonder if storing it in the ground was such a good idea. Enough bitching was done that the project was canceled.

All projects should be investigated for what it does to the earth from earth to earth. Everything should be considered. Taking the materials from the earth, processing and forming, use, and final disposition should be considered.

Have some fun today,

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RMFR