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One of the deepest bore-holes on Earth (at the very least
an attempt to learn more about how to drill to reach the
Earth's mantle for science) is known as the "Kola
Superdeep" (lnked). It goes down more than 12
kilometers,
and as you can imagine was quite expensive to do.
However, one of
the unexpected/expected discoveries
involves hydrogen gas.
I'm quite sure the scientists in charge of drilling that hole
expected new things to be learned (expecting the
unexpected), but of course they didn't know in advance
what those new things might actually be. Why would
anyone think to find hydrogen gas 12 kilometers down,
when we know the Earth has been around for more than
4
billion years, and hydrogen escapes to outer space?
Well, we can't ignore the fact that the hydrogen is really
down there, which leads to do two things. The first is
the
speculate why: I suggest that the Earth's core is hot
enough (and the outer core radioactive enough) to
dissociate water into hydrogen and oxygen. I
further suggest that since it is known that oxygen and
hydrogen have very different rates of diffusing through
other substances, it just happens that lots of hydrogen
has
seeped up to where it finally got blocked by
impermeable
rock --and the Kola Superdeep just happened to
penetrate
that rock. The loose oxygen is still much deeper down
(probably isn't loose any more; probably reacted with
other
stuff down there like nickel and iron)
Second, we can estimate how much water might have
been
dissociated over 4 billion years of Earth history, and how
much hydrogen might be available for industrial use.
This
is a pure carbon-free source of energy! Just what we
need
to help stave off Global Warming! And it likely can be
accessed anywhere on Earth, if we drill deep enough!
Kola Superdeep
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I’m now visualising those old images of a hardworking and
dirty oil well roughneck jumping around gleefully and
shouting “WE STUCK A GUSHER!” - only in a high squeaky
voice, and then lighting up a celebratory cigar. |
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//and the outer core radioactive enough// wot ? |
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// lighting up a celebratory cigar. // |
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... for the very last time. |
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//wot// The Earth is radioactive. Radioactivity keeps the
core hot and molten, and the mantle hot and toffeeish. |
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// The Earth is radioactive // |
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That sounds dangerous - who can we sue for compensation ? |
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//The Earth is radioactive.// |
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That's an interesting thought. Has anyone calculated her half-
life? |
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//Has anyone calculated her half- life?//
The answer should be either 'fe' or 'li' obviously. |
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Well that explains where Noah's floodwaters went. |
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They were stolen by Space Aliens, stupid. |
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Not us. We didn't steal it; we only stood by laughing while someone else did. |
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Hookup the fuel cell well head but do we really need more hot moisture in the air? Maybe ice blocks all round. |
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While the Earth's content of radioactive material helps keep
the core molten, I mentioned radioactivity because of
another phenomenon --energetic radiation can split water
molecules. We know that solar radiation can do it in the
upper atmosphere. We should be certain it can also happen
deep underground. |
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While the Earth's content of radioactive material helps keep
the core molten, I mentioned radioactivity because of
another phenomenon --energetic radiation can split water
molecules. We know that solar radiation can do it in the
upper atmosphere. We should be certain it can also happen
deep underground. |
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// energetic radiation can split water molecules. // |
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Ionizing radiation can indeed split water molecules. |
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// We know that solar radiation can do it in the upper atmosphere. // |
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Photodissociation can occur anywhere that a suitably energetic solar photon strikes a water molecule. |
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// We should be certain it can also happen deep underground. // |
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That would be what the Physical Chemists refer to as a "neat trick", as the majority of solar photons are absorbed at or very near the surface. Only a negligible proportion of highly energetic gamma photons and particles penetrate deep* underground. |
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Please, tell us more of this previously unknown effect. |
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*For a given value of "deep". |
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[8th of 7], your attempt to confuse things gets you nowhere.
I was referencing underground radioactivity as a source of
hydrogen, via splitting of water molecules. |
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DO note I specified "energetic radiation" without specifying
that all such must come from the Sun, or all come from
radioactive substances. So when I wrote that "it can also
happen deep underground", the word "it" referred to
"energetic radiation can split water molecules". |
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You'll have to excuse [8th]. A little knowledge is a
dangerous thing, and very little knowledge is a very
dangerous thing. |
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