tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post1634959882760837058..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: EliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-76780307720673505132007-12-07T14:20:00.000-05:002007-12-07T14:20:00.000-05:00Hey, I didn't mean to suggest _you_ were a stuffed...Hey, I didn't mean to suggest _you_ were a stuffed rabbit (grin).<BR/><BR/>Here's an oddball thought for the holidays. Any chance we're injecting methane-eating bacteria into underground petroleum reserves by drilling wells? It'd be unfortunate if the petroleum industry started getting CO2 instead of natural gas out of the ground, after a few microbes got into the strata. Just a thought.<BR/><BR/>I noticed this in a ScienceExpress newsbit today:<BR/><BR/>"It is the hardiest “methanotrophic” bacterium yet discovered, which makes it a likely candidate for use in reducing methane gas emissions from landfills, mines, industrial wastes, geothermal power plants and other sources.<BR/><BR/>“This is a really tough methane-consuming organism that lives in a much more acidic environment than any we’ve seen before,” said Dunfield, who is the lead author of the paper. “It belongs to a rather mysterious family of bacteria (called Verrucomicrobia) ....”<BR/><BR/>Methanotrophic bacteria consume methane as their only source of energy and convert it to carbon dioxide during their digestive process.....<BR/>--- end excerpt---Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-83047567540836841942007-11-29T14:19:00.000-05:002007-11-29T14:19:00.000-05:00Where should we send your holiday gift?http://www....Where should we send your holiday gift?<BR/><BR/>http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/778d/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-56806298430207326562007-11-23T05:33:00.000-05:002007-11-23T05:33:00.000-05:00Hope you enjoyed your turkey and festivities!Hope you enjoyed your turkey and festivities!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-87699243619712935152007-11-23T04:14:00.000-05:002007-11-23T04:14:00.000-05:00Toughen up you whimpy socialist thickshit.Toughen up you whimpy socialist thickshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54840570553412404092007-11-22T22:09:00.000-05:002007-11-22T22:09:00.000-05:00Have a good break. Hope the rest does you good.Have a good break. Hope the rest does you good.Sparrow (in the coal mine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15685798234951547115noreply@blogger.com