tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post6687060789088493104..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Closer Than We Think! Polar Oil Wells (1960)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-20317248333359232692007-10-09T15:15:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:15:00.000-04:00Sorry folks...if you have been reading the news la...Sorry folks...if you have been reading the news lately Russia, the U.S. , Iceland and others are scrambling to get to the North pole to drill 25% of the worlds oil, now possible through Global Climate change and the shrinking polar cap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-64130443752516840992007-07-13T13:54:00.000-04:002007-07-13T13:54:00.000-04:00OK, sorry, I can't resist poking more holes...How ...OK, sorry, I can't resist poking more holes...<BR/>How exactly would it be *easier* to use "conventional oil derricks" on liquid (thawed) ocean, in lieu of a solid ice surface?! In fact, wouldn't the oil companies be thrilled to drill on solid ice, and would welcome a means to freeze oceans solid (so as to avoid having to build giant floating rigs)?<BR/><BR/>This all just screams of classic future imaginings based on "we could do it" technological applications, without first being filtered for practicality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-24382491402764977212007-07-13T13:50:00.000-04:002007-07-13T13:50:00.000-04:00Not only that, there seems to be a basic failing o...Not only that, there seems to be a basic failing of physics here -- if the water is warmer due to pressure, wouldn't it cool off when brought to the surface and released from pressure?<BR/><BR/>But also, I question whether the water is warmer "due to pressure". Though ice does melt to a liquid state under pressure, that doesn't mean its temperature is rising (particularly by several degrees). Witness an ice skater's tracks re-freezing immediately upon passage of the skate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com