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I think this needs an awesome tag... Or something, WTF just does not cover it.

Gold. If this isn't *science, I don't know what is.

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interesting
but unapplicable title i think
a conventional explosive would probably be useless here.. it would just turn the rock to mush and would leave the possibility of making the problem worse
while a nuclear detonation will force the rock to compress around the detonation bubble
also, getting a comparable conventional payload to that location would be highly impractical

i'm not any expert on oil/gas issues though
the iraqis set the oilfields on fire as they retreated so there might be some good documentaries about that
werner herzog did a beautiful documentary about the oil fires of kuwait in 1992; Lessons of Darkness

Don't us yanks usually use regular explosives at the surface to put out the flame? Or does that only work with oil?

^That's how Danial Day Lewis does it, in the movies.

yes, regular explosives are sometimes used to blow out the flame, but the flame was not the issue here - the uncontrolled underground leakage was

I've heard this method works really good with 'rhoids as well.

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If this saved vast amounts of gas, by preventing it from burning, then how will they be able to pump it out again, after the nuclear explosion?
Just saying.

FYI, this solution also works for a loveless marriage.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
^That's how Danial Day Lewis does it, in the movies.


I drink your milkshake.

weapon of gas destruction

>> ^calculadoru:
If this saved vast amounts of gas, by preventing it from burning, then how will they be able to pump it out again, after the nuclear explosion?
Just saying.


The underground natural-gas deposit here is probably massive and covers a wide area. Just drill another shaft somewhere in the vicinity and plunk another well on it once you hit gas again.

*engineering *science

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Turn your volume down for the first 5 seconds. Worst intro jingle ever.

Damn it Dr. Strangelove! A Nuclear Explosion? That's your solution to everything!

>> From video archivist CineGraphic, this USSR propaganda footage documents a very curious method of putting out an oil fire.

This guy's accent is not Russian.
He's either faking some made up accent or it's real..but definitely not russian.

>> ^blankfist:
weapon of gas destruction


can we promote comments yet?

>> ^mxxcon:
>> From video archivist CineGraphic, this USSR propaganda footage documents a very curious method of putting out an oil fire.
This guy's accent is not Russian.
He's either faking some made up accent or it's real..but definitely not russian.


Maybe not russian, but definitely some sort of slavic.

I curious who the intended audience was for this short film, since it was narrated in English.

On a different note, how would something like this be dealt with today?

By pouring a steady stream of baby seals and panda bears to smother the flames.

Americ...er...Russia! Fuck yeah!

>> ^NetRunner:
Don't us yanks usually use regular explosives at the surface to put out the flame? Or does that only work with oil?


Check out an old John Wayne movie called Hellfighters.

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*eco

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