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2022-01-04 Science & Technology

This Mysterious Fire in Australia Has Been Burning For at Least 6,000 Years

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-04 06:30|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Seems like it could be a model for a powerplant.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-04 10:14|| 2022-01-04 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 I blame global warming.

Posted by Crusader 2022-01-04 10:40|| 2022-01-04 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Crusader, actually, it CAUSES global warming.
And, it's Trump's fault, of course.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-01-04 10:46|| 2022-01-04 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 To the eco-fanatic, Gaia is a conscious, living entity. So, either Gaia wants this, or can't do anything about it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-04 11:00|| 2022-01-04 11:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Where do such fires get their oxygen? I often need a bellows just to keep my trash fire burning.
And wouldn't the output gas be more CO than CO2? How does CO compare as a greenhouse gas?

Posted by Glenmore 2022-01-04 11:09|| 2022-01-04 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Pyrolytic combustion

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-04 11:17|| 2022-01-04 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 So just tow the whole country out to sea and submerge it briefly. It's an island, for cripe's sake!

Posted by SteveS 2022-01-04 14:10|| 2022-01-04 14:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Put some tanks etc. on one side and it will tip over and put out the fire.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-01-04 14:56|| 2022-01-04 14:56|| Front Page Top

#9 It's hot it's damn hot;

Posted by Dale 2022-01-04 15:09|| 2022-01-04 15:09|| Front Page Top

#10 /\ One of my personal fav's. That buck sergeant was having no problem enjoying the skit for sure.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-04 15:15|| 2022-01-04 15:15|| Front Page Top

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