Drilling in Yellowstone….could save America

[HighUintas]

Those are some interesting podcasts. I'd heard of the short faced bear, but never knew there were lions and giant ground sloths in North America.

Heck yea there were all kinds of awesome creatures on this continent back then. Look up the extinct species of bison.... There were some huge ones a long time ago

 

[eldeuce]

Just because I find it fascinating...
the reason we have pronghorn antelope that can run at 45 mph is because some thousands of years ago there was a plains cheetah, that in concert with the pronghorn was a very fast runner. Now extinct. Fascinating

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[justin davis]

A volcano is the least of our worries. The way the government is running the country right now we are screwed long before a volcano

 

[coloyooper]

This seems like the perfect job for Bruce Willis and a crew of misfits to take on to save the world.

 

[HighUintas]

Can we get a thread where the govt and politics is not mentioned?

- hey check out my new trade bow. "The govt is going to take it away"
- hey let's get a rokslide hat made. "Stupid Dems and their flat bills"
- hey what's the best state to apply for pronghorn in? " Give it up because the govt is ruining pronghorn hunting"
- I missed a shot at a great bull today. "That's trump's fault"

 

[Beendare]

Also, who does the drilling? Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck?

Oh man…….that was funny….

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[Wib]

More politics for me, there is no more important or impactful issue for all hunters and outdoorsmen. Whether you realize it or not.

I can see why drilling for oil in a National Park may be banned, but geothermal drilling makes sense. I think the real impact to pressures would need further study. Wouldn't want to initiate an event. If safe, by all means why wouldn't we?

 

[SWOHTR]

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[Scrappy]

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Yup. We were reading about this a couple years ago to the kids when we did our family trip to Yellowstone. Everything we read basically states the entire country is F'd and would likely end most of the worlds population due to the ash and smoke and subsequent drop in temps.

I haven't read anything about drilling it though. That seems like it could potentially cause it to blow.

It's very interesting stuff

Now that really would be man made climate change

 

[NoWiser]

Can we get a thread where the govt and politics is not mentioned?

- hey check out my new trade bow. "The govt is going to take it away"
- hey let's get a rokslide hat made. "Stupid Dems and their flat bills"
- hey what's the best state to apply for pronghorn in? " Give it up because the govt is ruining pronghorn hunting"
- I missed a shot at a great bull today. "That's trump's fault"

No. We can't. People who live bitter lives because they can only see things through a political lens can't help but try to drag everyone down with them.

As for Yellowstone, I suspect if she's going to blow, there's not a whole lot we can do about it. I have no issue with trying to harness some of that energy in the meantime if it can be done safely and discreetly.

 

[HighUintas]

As for drilling in the NP:

The article I read on it states that the drilling plan NASA proposed actually has them drilling down outside of the NP boundary and going at it from the side or underneath because going at it from the top is more risky due to high pressure gas that would be at the top wanting to exit through that drilling bore. And they wouldn't be venting the caldera but only extracting heat from it by pumping water down into the rock near it and bringing it back up. A large scale geothermal system. Extracting that heat would keep it cooler and decrease pressure buildup. Of course they say we would only know if it works by long term heat extraction and it could end up blowing anyway.

I think it might be kinda similar to a huge oil well that was drilled in southern Illinois close to my family farm where they drilled down then sideways to access a formation that was beneath a lake/reservoir.

Super interesting.

If not for saving the world then how about the incredible amount of geothermal energy we could extract and power homes with? That would be cool

 

[5MilesBack]

How on earth would you expect to exclude government and politics when the thread is titled "Drilling in Yellowstone". Of course government and politics would be involved.......even with any preliminary discussions about said drilling. Same for the "Drilling in the Arctic Reserve" thread. And when discussing threats to our nation, our way of life, our lives, hunting, or anything else.........you have to be able to put it all into perspective as to which are more likely to happen in our lifetime. So mentioning the more likely threats will always come up.

 

[JeffRaines]

Can we get a thread where the govt and politics is not mentioned?

- hey check out my new trade bow. "The govt is going to take it away"
- hey let's get a rokslide hat made. "Stupid Dems and their flat bills"
- hey what's the best state to apply for pronghorn in? " Give it up because the govt is ruining pronghorn hunting"
- I missed a shot at a great bull today. "That's trump's fault"

I agree 100%.

They need to go ahead and make a politics sub forum and start moving all the stupid political posts over there.

I come here to read about HUNTING and HUNTING related stuff. Yes, politics relates to it loosely, but I can get my fill of red vs. blue on Facebook or anywhere else.

 

[BigDog00]

As for drilling in the NP:

The article I read on it states that the drilling plan NASA proposed actually has them drilling down outside of the NP boundary and going at it from the side or underneath because going at it from the top is more risky due to high pressure gas that would be at the top wanting to exit through that drilling bore. And they wouldn't be venting the caldera but only extracting heat from it by pumping water down into the rock near it and bringing it back up. A large scale geothermal system. Extracting that heat would keep it cooler and decrease pressure buildup. Of course they say we would only know if it works by long term heat extraction and it could end up blowing anyway.

I think it might be kinda similar to a huge oil well that was drilled in southern Illinois close to my family farm where they drilled down then sideways to access a formation that was beneath a lake/reservoir.

Super interesting.

If not for saving the world then how about the incredible amount of geothermal energy we could extract and power homes with? That would be cool

I know you're referencing an article, but I'm not sure what experience NASA has drilling wells....except for in Armageddon of course. I'm no geologist but I don't believe it matters what part of the "formation" you drill in. If its pressurized it will try to come back at you.

Either way, I'm glad to live close by. I'll be one of the first to be vaporized when that thing goes.

 

[Opah]

Yellowstone is venting pressure in hundreds if not thousands of locations as it is,
But do I think we should mess with it for a micro bit of clean energy, why should we, there is solar, steam, hydraulic and heat all available year round, why screw with a volcano just to say you could or a big OOOOOPs there goes 3/4 of the world population.
Of course if you let these rich pricks get involved they will want to guaranty it blows, then they got the 1/4 in there control to survive !

 

[GotDraw?]

As for drilling in the NP:

The article I read on it states that the drilling plan NASA proposed actually has them drilling down outside of the NP boundary and going at it from the side or underneath because going at it from the top is more risky due to high pressure gas that would be at the top wanting to exit through that drilling bore. And they wouldn't be venting the caldera but only extracting heat from it by pumping water down into the rock near it and bringing it back up. A large scale geothermal system. Extracting that heat would keep it cooler and decrease pressure buildup. Of course they say we would only know if it works by long term heat extraction and it could end up blowing anyway.

I think it might be kinda similar to a huge oil well that was drilled in southern Illinois close to my family farm where they drilled down then sideways to access a formation that was beneath a lake/reservoir.

Super interesting.

If not for saving the world then how about the incredible amount of geothermal energy we could extract and power homes with? That would be cool

If they ran a 6' diameter water main over that caldera, do you think it would make a rat's ass bit of difference?

If they actually had sufficient water to run dozens of 6ft diameter water mains over that caldera (which they don't) , do you actually think it would make a rat's ass bit of difference?

Hell, the entire ISLAND of Hawaii is COVERED by the ENTIRE Pacific Ocean and those volcanos still erupt.

'come on man... (as our good prez would say)

JL

 

[Opah]

Either way, I'm glad to live close by. I'll be one of the first to be vaporized when that thing goes.

Pyroclastic flows are a common and devastating result of some volcanic eruptions. They are fast-moving fluidized bodies of hot gas, ash and rock (collectively known as tephra) which can travel away from the vent at up to 150 km/h.

 

[CoStick]

Do people really live their lives in fear of stuff like this?????

Yellowstone is the least of our nation's worries at this point.

Everyone seems to have their own fear.

 

[GotDraw?]

Caldera... hell, you don't want to be on the wrong side of my vent.

 

[feanor]

We technically got wayyyyyyyy more commentary on this that is non political. Any time you can thread in Armageddon with Ben and Bruce, I’ll keep reading.