So was there a methane explosion?
A sensational account of the explosion in the mines
“The explosion in the Raspadskaya coal mine, as in the case of other incidents in the mining sector, could have been caused by an explosion of hydrogen which had risen from deep in the earth,” states Vladimir Moskalenko, leading expert of the department of risk analysis of the GCE Group. “Unlike methane, the concentration of this gas is not measured by a single country’s miners. However in accordance with the growing dissemination among scientists of the theory of the metal-hydride structure of the planet, according to which the earth’s core gives off hydrogen gas, such a proposition enters the realm of possible explanations for the Kemerovo catastrophe. It is important to note that the methane sensors did not record an aberration. Was this, then, the result of human interference or, in fact, did an explosion occur in the depths of the earth due to a concentration of dangerous hydrogen which, in combination with methane, could turn into a most powerful thermonuclear bomb?”
Today, no one monitors the discharge of hydrogen into coal mines. And this is sad. Indeed, upon penetration into a mining excavation, hydrogen, being lighter in scale than methane, could appreciably surpass the methane portion of the emissions. Moreover, it’s more combustible and volatile. Vladimir Moskalenko emphasizes, “We have more than a half century of experience monitoring the concentration of hydrogen in submarines. And miners could adopt this experience.”
The fact that hydrogen seeps up to the surface from the depths of the earth has been demonstrated through experiments by geologists, including Vladimir Larin. Gas-emitting geo-active zones have been found in the Kursk, Lipetzk, Leningrad, Moscow, Smolensk, and other regions of the European part of Russia. We recall that in 1991, in the vicinity of the city of Sasovo in the Ryazansk region, a powerful explosion, which damaged half of the homes in the city, took place with the emission of streams of hydrogen gas onto the surface of the earth.
Background note on metal-hydride theory: In counterbalance to the accepted academic theory of the structure of the earth, the metal-hydride theory proposes that the planet’s core is its own sort of “hydrogen blast furnace”. Approximately 87% of the mass of our planet consists of metals, which, under great pressure in the depths of the earth, change their physico-chemical properties. According to numerous data, hydrogen located inside the planet is bound to other elements, and exists in the form of hydrides. In hydrides, hydrogen exists not only in the form of a proton, but also as an anion. With the heating of hydrides in the central core of the earth, the liberation of hydrogen and the dissolution of the hydride occur. Along the way from the core to the surface of the planet, hydrogen collects at first in tiny rivulets, and then into powerful streams and gets held up in the lithosphere, part collecting into bubbles, part seeping through to the surface.
For those interested in receiving a broader commentary by the experts in industrial safety, we ask that you contact the public relations department of the GCE Group at 011-7-812-325-0621, or 331-8353. Public relations director is Anastasia Savelieva.