Combustible ice, also known as methane hydrate, has been hailed as the most exploitative fossil fuel in recent years. This fossil fuel is much cleaner than both oil and natural gas. Because the three traditional fuels of oil, natural gas and coal have a very fatal drawback, that is, they are all mixtures, and direct combustion will produce a large number of pollutants. But the abundant water and methane on the ocean floor are quite pure.

It can be described as a new generation of pollution-free clean chemical energy.

And there is one of the most important characteristics of combustible ice - the reserves are huge.

According to preliminary calculations by scientists alone, the total reserves of combustible ice on the seafloor could be used by all people on Earth for more than a few dozen generations. The reserves of combustible ice in the depths of the ocean are almost uniform and unlimited.

This begs another question: if there is almost no limit to the reserves of combustible ice, why can't it be mined directly?

Scientists have naturally tried countless times to solve a problem like this that ordinary people can think of, but the results are all failures! The reason for the failure of mining is also well understood, because these minerals, highly unstable!

It's going to explode!

Since the first discovery of combustible ice and its ultra-high reserves in the 70s of the last century, countries have been actively exploring strategies for the safe development of deep-sea combustible ice, but until now there has been no perfect high-quality solution like oil extraction.

The main reason is that as long as these minerals are mined, there is a high probability that they will explode!

It is impossible to form a relatively stable, oil and gas-like drilling platform!

About a few months ago, China successfully mined a small amount of combustible ice in the Nanhai Sea, which has gained global attention! Its status on the hot search list even surpasses the popular stars such as a certain deer and a certain land! This also shows the world's desire for energy needs!

Combustible ice is a fossil fuel, there are a lot of combustible ice, combustible ice will explode, these are the three basic information.

So the inference drawn from this is logical.

Could it be that the explosion of these seabed minerals caused the very intense but limited impact of the tsunami, which occurred this afternoon in almost every part of the world, with a very strong but limited impact area?

This is the real problem that Duan Han wants to study in the laboratory!

Coincidentally, the document that Xu Liang got out of the laboratory printer explores the same problem.

Both documents report the following conclusions:

Be!

The method of verification is the detection of air samples and seawater samples.

Through experimental data analysis, Duan Han found that the speculation that a large amount of methane gas was ignited and exploded was well-founded! Here, she also talks about combustion, combustion reactions, or more violent explosive reactions, which usually require air to do it, and that's actually because the air contains a lot of oxygen. Oxygen is used as a strong oxidizing agent in the reaction of fossil fuels.

But in reality, the use of oxidants can be many, that is, oxygen is not necessarily needed. As long as there are highly oxidizing chemicals, they can react with fossil fuels to produce high enough heat, burn, or even explode!

This time, based on experimental data, it is speculated that substances that act as oxidizing agents on the seabed include, but are not limited to, oxygen, sulfur, elemental chlorine, etc. And the most strange thing is that there is also fluorine, a super-active oxidant. Because a large proportion of hydrogen fluoride was detected in the sample. And this large number of compounds, not only hydrogen sulfide, is also responsible for the extremely smelly and very strange smell of the seaside.

Duan Han: "The source of such a huge amount of oxidant is a problem, you can leave time to analyze it slowly." But now we are almost certain that it is the explosion of water and methane on the bottom floor, and only the explosion of methane hydrated on the bottom of the sea, that can trigger such a small-scale, high-intensity global tsunami. ”

"There is no second explanation."

Xu Liang silently thought about what she said.

No loopholes.

This is probably the most realistic conclusion.

However, it is also such a conclusion that raises an even more terrible question:

How much water and methane was detonated in this afternoon's explosion?

Duanhan answered this question after being corroborated by two experimental data: the amount of detonation is extremely small. Not even 1/100,000 of the total reserves.

In fact, this time the underwater water and methane detonation have a very strange feature:

All the inshore and continental shelf deposits of combustible ice have been detonated, while the open oceans, where the depths are greater and the reserves are larger, are intact.

After seriously describing the logic and simple knowledge in it, Xu Liang raised a very key question:

"I don't know how this combustible ice detonates, or whether it's oxygen or something like an oxidizer that helps explode, but I just ask one thing. What if there is another explosion? ”

Xu Liang said solemnly: "What if the next explosion is that all the combustible ice on the bottom of the world explodes?" ”

Duan Han said: "Do you remember the question I told you at the beginning? That's what you're talking about now. A super-giant tsunami will be generated. ”

"A tsunami up to 1,000 meters!"

"All human beings, no one can escape."

"The end of the world has come."