Dark Oxygen

[Sneakers]

Been seeing this pop up in my feeds lately, so watched a couple of vids. Fascinating. There are these metallic nodules that are believed to have been formed by precipitation of naturally occurring metals and minerals, and have fallen to the ocean floor in vast numbers. Composed mostly of manganese, cobalt and nickel, which makes them a perfect mining candidate for rare metals. But as it turns out, these nuggets have a natural electrical potential of just under 1volt, and have been shown to produce oxygen thru electrolysis. It's believed now that the presence of this oxygen contributes the the existence of entire ecosystems at great depths. So... no mining.

Here's a pretty decent explanation.

 

[Sneakers]

Better explanation.

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

But as it turns out, these nuggets have a natural electrical potential of just under 1volt, and have been shown to produce oxygen thru electrolysis. It's believed now that the presence of this oxygen contributes the the existence of entire ecosystems at great depths. So... no mining.

Interesting. But there is something missing from these videos. I do know that in the process of electrolysis in water that hydrogen is released as well. For each splitting of an H2O molecule you get a 2:1 ratio by volume, two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. So what happens to all that free hydrogen which is some pretty powerful stuff when left to itself? Since hydrogen has a calorific value, a measure of energy, of 150,000, compared to say gasoline at 45,000, it has far far more energy potential. So maybe it's possible that the earth is trying to blow us up, in a slow fashion? If not, where does the hydrogen go? And why don't they mention the hydrogen and its importance in the videos since double the amount is created over that of oxygen? Inquiring minds.

 

[Sneakers]

So what happens to all that free hydrogen

There are discussions to capture the released hydrogen. Two bit DaVinci talks about it briefly at 13:00. Don't forget, this is all brand new, only published in Nature July 2024. Barely enough time to even understand the current findings.

 

[Clem72]

For your consideration ...



Interesting. But there is something missing from these videos. I do know that in the process of electrolysis in water that hydrogen is released as well. For each splitting of an H2O molecule you get a 2:1 ratio by volume, two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. So what happens to all that free hydrogen which is some pretty powerful stuff when left to itself? Since hydrogen has a calorific value, a measure of energy, of 150,000, compared to say gasoline at 45,000, it has far far more energy potential. So maybe it's possible that the earth is trying to blow us up, in a slow fashion? If not, where does the hydrogen go? And why don't they mention the hydrogen and its importance in the videos since double the amount is created over that of oxygen? Inquiring minds.

Since hydrogen doesn't dissolve well in water the majority of it vents to the atmosphere.

 

[Clem72]

They kind of glossed over why the oxygen levels plateau and didn't mention how the rocks perform electrolysis at a voltage level unknown to previously do so. They also didn't discuss why/how the batteries can work for millions of years without running out.

I suspect they will determine there is a catalyst in the sea water that assists the in electrolysis that gets used up in the sequestered tanks but is naturally replenished in the greater ocean.

 

[Tech]

If we only had a ship to harvest these things.

 

[black dog]

One of my friends while going to VMI did a paper on mining the bottom of the Chesapeake bay for metals. I can't imagine how much lead, copper and other metals are there.

 

[Kinnakeet]

One of my friends while going to VMI did a paper on mining the bottom of the Chesapeake bay for metals. I can't imagine how much lead, copper and other metals are there.

Probably a whole bunch