This Mountain Has Been Burning For 6000 Years
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- Burning Mountain in Australia, is the location of the world’s oldest underground coal fire, which has been burning for around 6000 years.
Smoking was first observed coming out of the mountain in 1828, and research shows that the coal seam ignited around 6000 years ago, and continues to burn the coal seam at around 1 meter per year.
There are many cracks in the surface which allow cool air to reach the fire below, this intake of air has created a blast furnace effect on the burning coal 30 Mtrs below the surface, raising the temperature of the fire to around 1700 degrees Celsius.
To this day you can see permanent thermals of rising hot air coming out of the summit, and the surrounding dirt & rocks are almost bleached white from the heat.
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A town here in the US called Centralia (in Pennsylvania) developed an underground coal fire back in 1962. Eventually everyone had to leave due to the instability of the ground and the fumes. No one knows how it started. They expect it to burn another 250 years.
Yes, that’s exactly what I thought of when I saw the title of this video. I’ve actually been there. It is unbelievably eerie even during the daytime.
Do you people not know how to use a hose? What in the world?
I thought it started because some geniuses got together and decided the best way to dispose of a ton of garbage was to dump it in an open pit from the mine and burn it.
We know exactly how it started. The local government decided the best way to get rid of an illegal dump that was in an abandoned open coal mine pit was to set it alight.
Wow that’s incredible!
I wish they would have gotten deeper into how they determined it started 6000 years ago.
Why not use it and make a stream powered generator. Seems like wasted energy.
it is doable but highly risky, and investors hate risky wacky ideas unless you have a well thought plan to control risk. Do you have that plan?
Something like this can and has been used to heat homes in colder climates. Probably not needed in the middle of a nature reserve in Australia.
just heat pumps, no rick involed. Drill a big hole until it's hot enough, then run water in and out to generate steam
Yeah, economics and logistics determines whether something is done I guess
That's what I was thinking as well Iceland does something similar.
modern coal power plants only release water vapor from the stacks, they have not been dirty for 50 years.
you might want to do some more research . you can start here for starters www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=74&t=11
Those 2 power stations are over an hour away from burning mountain and 1 of them has already been shutdown permanently.
Father in-law works at the other one as the lead control room operator. Small world.....
Thanks for the knowledge..
Burning Mountain, at Wingen, has long been a sacred place of healing for Aboriginal people.18 The name ‘Wingen’, pronounced win-jen, is derived from the local Aboriginal word, ‘win’, meaning ‘fire
so I suspect it was observed a bit before the 1800s
I visited this place 30 years ago… pretty impressive 😁
Chimneys, cooling towers and a freight train going by, really picturesque😅
But those power stations are over 1 hour away from Burning mountain, which is near Wingen Australia.
I'm a local to the area.....
Bayswater and Liddell power stations are well over an hour away from Burning Mountain, Liddell is also closed down now too. I ought to know as my in-law works at Bayswater power station.
Also that coal train is headed to the Newcastle port to unload that coal. Bayswater power stations coal comes from a completely different mine and direction than whatever you said about that coal train.
Some of us actually care about the things around and what happens in the Hunter Valley.
Otherwise you are pretty good on the camera work.
@@leo1933 Liddell power station is now going to be turned into a massive batterie storage facility. It'll be something to see for sure, whatever it ends up looking like.
i wonder why that needed background music
6000 years? I don't think so, the flood would have put it out!!!
This is a good joke, I give you a gold star.
Only one can be real, and here's video proof of one, sooooo………
Feel free to jump on in and inspect it for yourself, or don't.
Either way, you are so dang wrong it's shameful.
But your holy book says bla bla bla. Seriously though, great joke!
Nice little vid . we enduringly call it Smokey Hill . it is worth a bit of an explore . some nice views
"Smokey hill" because a few blokes grew pot up there once and then P platers like to smoke bongs in the car park. HAHAHA
Funny rolling up to what looks like a car on fire only to see 7 teens climb out and start raiding the boot for snacks...
Wow something I didn’t know cool
I don't understand why all this wasted energy is not able to be harnessed. Just think. 6000 years of continuous energy just being untapped. Surely there is technology available that could do that.
Looks like you took a walk in a few areas that have signs telling you not to......
And still didn't get very good shots.
You are correct. didn't even bother to look down the massive cracks, such a missed opportunity!
Also glad I haven't slipped in any of them either.
so why aren't thtey making power from it.?
can you not put a steam turbine on it to produce electricity?
Repurpose the heat
Cooks a mad steak I will tell you. and also melt anything that isn't cast-iron or stainless-steel.
Also has a strong sulfur smell like eggs.
Just wondering: why don't they dig up the coal and use it before it burns?
they are digging the crap out of plenty of other coal seams without fires in them
it'd cost too much and then there is the fact that it is a small "national Park" and is protected land.
Also, it'll get dug up eventually. Coal mining companies will rip open most of the east coast of Australia to get all the coal. From Brisbane all the way down to near Wagga wagga.
Just give it another 150 years and it'll all be nearly mined away.
There are really old maps that chart out the coal seams of Eastern Australia and it's all marked for mining. It's just a matter of time, sadly...
@@TheHungrySlug sadly
This makes me want to play cities skylines
lemme guess, cities skylines 2 now
Greta is not pleased.
It's about Almighty
HAHAHAHAHA...........NO!