anlomedad

Hey, do you know what happens with suddenly unmanned fossil fuel production facilities?

I know coal pits simply keep on giving. Methane.

But what about oil wells, onshore, offshore? And gas wells?

How long will they burn or seep into surrounding area?
Which radius is affected in 10 years, in 50 years, in 100 years?

And will unmanned gas wells forever spew methane into the atmosphere? How much will that be?

#RCPcollapse research should cover this topic. To inform collapse survivors: which toxic regions to avoid – and which additional warming = additional extreme weather impacts to expect, despite civilisation collapse.

And to maybe, maybe inform decision-makers.
Because closing such suddenly unmanned production sites is probably technically feasible. It has to be invented and then also installed tho. Within the next 10 to 15 years.

#ClimateChange #Collapse

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Show threadKarl Heinz HäsliprinzMar 10
@anlomedad Abandoned wells have been a huge issue for a while, especially in Southern Turtle Island. I vaguely recall a paper calculating the cost for the Texas EPA, but it's been looong time ago.
Show threadanlomedadMar 10

@KarlHeinzHasliP

A few years back, researchers sounded the alarm regarding abandoned open gas wells in the North Sea, too. The continental shelf is rather shallow so the methane seeping out of the holes "not only" disrupts the ecosystem but in some places manages to reach the surface.
And I dimly recall a follow-up that companies indeed started or were made to start plugging the holes.

Show threadanlomedadMar 19

@KarlHeinzHasliP

A fossil gas deposit in Turkmenistan has been ignited deliberately by engineers after a drilling accident in the 1960s, and is still burning.
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2025/0806/1527158-turkmenistan/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater

So yeah. Everything that isn't properly plugged will just keep on giving in gaseous form and as liquid. If wells stay unplugged after the collapse, they'll poison the environment and raise °C for generations.
Someone needs to invent and install dead-man-switches.
Can't do anything against methane from open coal pits but underground coal mines can be closed wrt their gas leaks too.


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Show threadKarl Heinz HäsliprinzMar 19
@anlomedad We wrote a short story draft we developed at some point about bounty hunters finding and closing methane leaks at a OECD Foresight event:
https://climategains.community/t/that-story-we-co-wrote-at-the-oecd-workshp/308
That Story we co-wrote at the OECD Workshp

Our Story - Outputs from a Collective Narrative Development Workshop with Plurality University for OECD Act One - The same procedure as every year Scene One - The Season of Death Night market of Barcelona, Catalunya. Characters: Miereia Wanderer between worlds, childfree, spending half her time in the buzzing heart of the Barcelona Night Market and the other in a device free cult up in Refugi Vents del Cadí where her husband lives. Special Skill: Drama Queen - Miereia can turn anything that...

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