08-13-2013, 11:49 AM
Hydrogen Sulfide. Good point about toxic off gassing. Let's see here, when it comes to geothermal activity, what areas of the Big Island are most active? Are you aware that Hydrogen Sulfide is also a natural off gassing toxin in and around geo thermal hot spots? So, if one is truly concerned about Hydrogen Sulfide off gassing, why would they want to live in one of the regions with higher levels of natural Hydrogen Sulfide off gassing? I don't live on that side of the rift but have smelled heavy concentrations of Hydrogen Sulfide, right here where I live from time to time and those gas pockets did not come from the power plant. They came from nearby cracks in the ground. If anyone were to be in the wrong situation at the wrong time, they could conceivably die from natural off gassing.
Who's to say that some people haven't already been effected by these natural occurrences? If you decide to live on a geothermal hotspot, where is the reasonable risk line drawn? If you decide to live in such an area do you have a credible concern with regard to geothermal energy production and such off gassing? Are you certain? If you truly think you do, then you should move away from such naturally occurring events also.
Here's a quote from the CDC concerning this matter. "Ambient air concentrations of hydrogen sulfide in residential areas near the PGV are typically less than 1 ppb. These levels are similar to naturally-occurring, background levels (0.11 to0.33 ppb) that have been detected in ambient air at other locations [3]. There is no toxicological evidence that chronic exposure to these levels of hydrogen sulfide would have an adverse impact on public health."
It's nice to drum up a scare from a couple past accidental events but how many people in that region or about this island have ended up in the same scenario and in the Hospital from naturally occurring off gassing situations? Please don't assume no-one has, it's a slight risk all of us take living in this area, that's fact.
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Who's to say that some people haven't already been effected by these natural occurrences? If you decide to live on a geothermal hotspot, where is the reasonable risk line drawn? If you decide to live in such an area do you have a credible concern with regard to geothermal energy production and such off gassing? Are you certain? If you truly think you do, then you should move away from such naturally occurring events also.
Here's a quote from the CDC concerning this matter. "Ambient air concentrations of hydrogen sulfide in residential areas near the PGV are typically less than 1 ppb. These levels are similar to naturally-occurring, background levels (0.11 to0.33 ppb) that have been detected in ambient air at other locations [3]. There is no toxicological evidence that chronic exposure to these levels of hydrogen sulfide would have an adverse impact on public health."
It's nice to drum up a scare from a couple past accidental events but how many people in that region or about this island have ended up in the same scenario and in the Hospital from naturally occurring off gassing situations? Please don't assume no-one has, it's a slight risk all of us take living in this area, that's fact.
- Armed citizens provide security of a free State.