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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] oil was:Political
  • Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:36:15 EST



> >
> > One project being explored by Russia is to pump spent nuclear wastes
> > under the permafrost to melt and release the gases.
> >

In other places in Russia the warming climate is thawing the permafrost
(especially in peat deposits) and releasing great amounts of methane.
Methane is
50 times as efficient a green house gas as carbon dioxide. Thaw enough
permafrost and you will greatly speed up the accumulation of green house
gases.




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