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GDMFusername t1_jd3eb4u wrote

Reply to comment by milo159 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone

Ok I got it, fracking but with... Foam.
1 Government contract pls.

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milo159 t1_jd3exlw wrote

Foam? Why not seawater? No shortage of salt water any time soon.

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BoxingSoup t1_jd3scze wrote

Because salting the earth is almost as bad as a low, slow fire

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zachzsg t1_jd4f7ak wrote

That’s why you get a contract to get rid of the salt water you used to get rid of the fire

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feor1300 t1_jd5tda2 wrote

It's Australia, when they're done they can just tow the saltwater out of the environment.

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milo159 t1_jd3spka wrote

Oh yeah, i forgot about that. Well eityer way fracking wouldn't work because it covers too small an area.

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milo159 t1_jd3g16m wrote

Also fracking is pretty short-ranged as i understand it, damn inverse square law. If it were that small we could just comb the whole thing with enough people, the problem is that its a lot bigger than that.

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