So Guys, We're going to all die this time again

[Quaxar]

Woah woah...since when is methane a "poisonous" gas.

Probably since its creation.
Of course as Paracelsus said it 500 years ago, everything can kill us in one or another way.

And I didn't know this theory, thank you.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

If this is true, you can't blame me for not believing them. The boy who cried wolf effect comes to mind.

 

[DeASplode]

Most bullshit doomsday theorys say that "Yeah, We might die in the next thousand years or something, can I have my geology degree now?".

...what? No they don't. They typically say "We'll die in the next 4 years or less"

I know not of one doomsday theory that doesn't have it's date set past the next 10 years, neither can I remember any that did.

There's also about 5 doomsday theories for about every...eh, I don't know, year or so, so this isn't much of a surprise when put against the other 2 that are set for this year.

I remember shitting myself as a kid because of an episode of Blue Peter and a paper reported that an Asteroid would kill us all in 2025. That was probably in the late 90's.

Also the whole Global warming thing, the different theories have been 5 years and over since in a hundred years time we're apparently going to be underwater.

Again though, just theories.

Anyway, if there were to be a mass extinction during my life, I want it to be something cool from space. Like the sun spots theory of late 2012 to 2013 where the sun "wakes up" and all electricity stops working. Or if the Super Collider actually makes a black hole.

 

[Quaxar]

I am more worried about NIBIRU the Doomsday Planet !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=embFtWbFT18

Heh, I haven't heard anything about this "planet X" in about 5 years. I thought people finally realized that a celestial body this big would significantly influence the other planet's orbits and thus violate our current and working planetary model...

 

[IDIifferentname]

I guess... We didn't listen.
WE DIDN'T LISTEN!

 

[LostTimeLady]

I find it rather interesting that this article isn't dated. Also that a lot of the citations for the article are from other articles written as early as 2000. Being a geologist (of sorts, I have an A level in the subject) I can tell you that yes, this sort of thing could cause excelarated global warming BUT the type of methane that is being refered to here is a bit confused I think. In another article, this one in fact: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/21/could-gulf-oil-leak-lead-to-methane-bubble-tsunami-bp-responds/ talks about natural gas released not stright methane. Now, for those who know about the formation of oil wells you know that methane in the form of natural gas forms above the oil in the well and this, yes, can be realised. However, the methane that is trapped at the bottom of the sea is in the form of methane hydrates which are released by temperature changes, i.e. the sort of temperature changes that began the last great mass exitintion. Although the methane in the oil well is a lot, it is not as great a quantity as the methane hydrates on the ocean bed. And, in fact, the end of the article makes this reservation.

I'll wait until New Scientist has an article about this before I start to worry.

Edit:

Woah woah...since when is methane a "poisonous" gas.

Yes methane is poisonous. That's why they add a smell to it so that you know when there's a gas leak because it is poisonous.

 

[esperandote]

If that happens every 50 millions years then it hasn't had time to gather all that gas, but it might kill people nearby.

We better ask the octopus

 

[cryogeist]

Looks like a bunch of bullshit.

Just like every other Doomsday theory.

agreed

 

[William Dickbringer]

so we have a 2011 doomsday, a 2012 doomsday abd a 2013 doomsday, damn my next three years are packed full of problems maybe i should get a million doller loan and just spunk it up the wall.

OT: If we die we die, if we dont then we dont i dont care anymore i shall relish it when it happens

wait we now have a 2013 and a 2011 doomsday wow I did not know that

O.T. who would have thought the british would cause the end of the world (I kid I kid)
whoever believes that this will end the world seriously need some logic

 

[newfoundsky]

How many times are we going to die next 5 years?

If trends hold. . .a lot will die once.

 

[newfoundsky]

1.People said that the world would end in the new millenium(Y2K). IT DIDN'T
2.People said that the large hadron collider would end the world.IT DIDN'T
3.People say that the world is going to end in 2012. IT WON'T
4.IT WILL NEVER FUCKING END!

Well, it'll end in 2 billion years when our sun runs out of hydrogen and expands, destroying Mercury, Venus, and Earth before becoming a dark chunk of coal the size of a minivan. THEN we're all dead.

Actually a recent study showed that the sun wasn't big enough to explode or collapse like that. Curse our average star!!!

 

[lacktheknack]

I don't think that this'll kill very many people, this kind of thing happens naturally anyway, nature does have ways of restoring balance.

Frankly it's a lot of mess but it's hardly unknown for oil to enter nature, it does lie in undersea deposits after all.

You didn't read it, it's about methane.

And there's a decent chance it won't happen... IF we can stop the oil spill from, um, spilling. And even if we don't, it still probably won't happen.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

A sentiment I know has been echoed many times but I do just have to say it again.

Science at the moment seems to be utterly obssessed with exactly how we are 'all going to die.' i remember when there was a big scare sometime around 2001/2002 because an asteroid looked like it was heading 'dangerously' close to Earth, and they predicted that it would strike within the decade and we'd all die.

Well, there's only six more months to go until that prediction is wrong as well. Maybe they can cancel each other out, the giant asteroid hits the methane bubble and all is well. Add to that whatever the hell is supposed to happen on 2012 (at least this prediction is good enough to explain what cataclysm is about to hit) and we should be all set to enter the next decade.

I look forward to seeing all the people waiting on December 31st 2011 though, how disappointed are they going to be that making peace with their various religions, loved ones and families was all just a waste of time?

And to end, a quote:

'There is always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corrillean death ray, or an intergalactic plague that's about to wipe out life on this planet. The only way these people, go on with their happy lives is that they do, not, know about it.'

You heard the man, there's so many fine ways to die, but why do we always gotta know about them?

 

[lacktheknack]

Might kill you Americans. We're far enough away to make plans before it hits.

Plans to... what? Cover your ears and go "Lalalalala"?

If the Earth catches fire, the Earth catches fire. No escape for anyone.

Although A. There isn't enough gas to kill the planet, so you might not need to plan anything, and B. there's a decent chance it won't even happen.

 

[lacktheknack]

How many times are we going to die next 5 years?

If trends hold. . .a lot will die once.

Between this, 2012, deadly asteroid, and "Everything's Going to Kill Everyone", about sixteen times.

 

[T-Bone24]

So this gas bubble is going to kill everyone again? And how small was 96% of the population then, compared to the billions of people in the population now? I think if anything does happen, we'll be fine.

I don't believe the theory, but I'm just gonna correct you there. It's not 96% of the human population that it killed, it was 96% of all life on the planet, which includes plants and tiny little insects, all that noise.