Our life is long covered by technology, and there are high-tech products in every aspect of our life. But there are many things that have always played a very important role in our lives. For example, fire is very important to humans, and no matter what, it cannot be without fire. Because fire can bring light and warmth to people, and can also make delicious food for humans, these are inseparable from fire.
Once the fire is not used properly, it is easy to cause a fire. When a fire is found, it is enough to extinguish it in time. In this universe, everything is mutually generated and restrained, and the natural enemy of fire is water. Generally, water can be used to extinguish the fire. But on earth, there is a place where the fire cannot be extinguished. It will take 51 years to burn, which has brought $50 billion in economic losses to the local area. Do you know where it is?
That is Turkmenistan . As we all know, the Middle East has rich oil and gas resources, and Turkmenistan just happens to occupy a natural treasure, and its underground also contains a large amount of oil resources. The local climate is very dry and most places are located in deserts, which also leads to sparse population in Turkmenistan. The source of economy basically depends on oil and natural gas . In order to develop more oil, in 1971, Soviet experts conducted a large amount of resource exploration work in the local area (the Soviet Union had not yet disintegrated at that time, and Turkmenistan was one of the Soviet Union's franchises).
When the Soviet experts came to Karakum Desert , they suddenly gained a huge gain, which made everyone very excited. It turned out that they had surveyed three natural gas pits underground and had very large reserves. So the local government invested huge amounts of money and started digging. After hard work, it produced two, which benefited a lot. When the third one was made, an accident happened. The natural gas pit suddenly collapsed, forming an extremely huge pit. Everyone had no choice but to stop mining.
In order to prevent the large-scale discharge of toxic gases and pollute the local environment, Soviet experts decided to let it go after repeated discussions. As long as the natural gas in the pit is burned out, the fire will naturally be extinguished. Moreover, there are no plants and trees around it, and they are all desert areas and will not cause a large fire. The scope of the impact is small. Experts predict that the fire will be extinguished after burning for at most half a month.
After the experts set the fire, the fire ignited immediately, but to their surprise, the fire kept burning. Half a month, half a year, a year, 5 years, 10 years, and 51 years, until now, the fire is still burning, and people can't extinguish it. The helpless Turkmenistan could only wait infinitely and let it go naturally. Even because of years of burning, the temperature there was too high. Experts said: You can't touch it even if you touch it.
. In the past 51 years, Turkmenistan has suffered heavy losses. Statistics have concluded that the loss is about 50 billion US dollars, which is a big number for any country in the world. The reason why this fire cannot be extinguished is not only the large underground natural gas reserves. The local terrain is also an important reason. It is the middle of the desert and is surrounded by deserts. If you want to extinguish it, you need a lot of water and need to be transported. This is a big project.
Later, some experts suggested that you just throw a nuclear bomb into this fire pit. I don’t know if this method is feasible, what do you think?
