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A 50 year old natural gas well fire in Turkmenistan.
Jan 30, 2023 19:35:09   #
son of witless
 
In Pennsylvania we have a coal fire burning in Centralia for decades, but this is a Natural Gas fire I was unaware of.

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Jan 30, 2023 19:40:33   #
Peaver Bogart Loc: Montana
 


Break out the hot dogs and marshmallows.

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Jan 30, 2023 20:05:10   #
son of witless
 
Peaver Bogart wrote:
Break out the hot dogs and marshmallows.


Those dogs need chilli.

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Jan 30, 2023 21:06:30   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 


I have read about this one before. The solution is simple. Just build a power plant on top of it.
Make billions selling electricity. How hard can it be?🤔

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Jan 30, 2023 21:13:45   #
son of witless
 
archie bunker wrote:
I have read about this one before. The solution is simple. Just build a power plant on top of it.
Make billions selling electricity. How hard can it be?🤔


If it was easy it would have been done a long time ago.

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Jan 30, 2023 21:23:59   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
son of witless wrote:
If it was easy it would have been done a long time ago.


A redneck could get it done......or a tweaker. Just sayin...

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Jan 30, 2023 21:27:47   #
Peaver Bogart Loc: Montana
 
archie bunker wrote:
I have read about this one before. The solution is simple. Just build a power plant on top of it.
Make billions selling electricity. How hard can it be?🤔


Good idea Archie.

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Jan 31, 2023 09:53:29   #
son of witless
 
archie bunker wrote:
A redneck could get it done......or a tweaker. Just sayin...


You're posalutely right. I remember somebody making fun of the Russians after Chernobyl and saying, " In America we had a similar little mishap at Three Mile Island, but we took care of it because we had duct tape. "

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