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This is a good point, but that kind of heat could ignite the reservoir too?
by Ixiaus 16y ago
This is a good point, but that kind of heat could ignite the reservoir too?
- sp332 16y agoNot a problem for two reasons: 1. Oil won't burn without oxygen. It might break up into simpler hydrocarbons (carbon dioxide, methane, etc.), but it won't cause a firestorm. 2. Burning the oil is much less bad than letting it leak all over the coastline, poisoning animals and preventing oxygen from getting mixed into the water. There are already several operations intentionally burning the oil on the surface.