A town here in the US called Centralia (in Pennsylvania) developed an underground coal fire back in 1962. Eventually everyone had to leave due to the instability of the ground and the fumes. No one knows how it started. They expect it to burn another 250 years.

@HostileTakeover555

7 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s exactly what I thought of when I saw the title of this video. I’ve actually been there. It is unbelievably eerie even during the daytime.

@rebelwave100

4 ай бұрын

Do you people not know how to use a hose? What in the world?

@Asylar343

2 ай бұрын

I thought it started because some geniuses got together and decided the best way to dispose of a ton of garbage was to dump it in an open pit from the mine and burn it.

@harken9978

2 ай бұрын

We know exactly how it started. The local government decided the best way to get rid of an illegal dump that was in an abandoned open coal mine pit was to set it alight.

@danpatterson9022

29 күн бұрын

Wow that’s incredible!

Burning Mountain, at Wingen, has long been a sacred place of healing for Aboriginal people.18 The name ‘Wingen’, pronounced win-jen, is derived from the local Aboriginal word, ‘win’, meaning ‘fire so I suspect it was observed a bit before the 1800s

Why not use it and make a stream powered generator. Seems like wasted energy.

@samanthaqiu3416

8 ай бұрын

it is doable but highly risky, and investors hate risky wacky ideas unless you have a well thought plan to control risk. Do you have that plan?

@monsoon1234567890

8 ай бұрын

Something like this can and has been used to heat homes in colder climates. Probably not needed in the middle of a nature reserve in Australia.

@geoffgunn9673

8 ай бұрын

just heat pumps, no rick involed. Drill a big hole until it's hot enough, then run water in and out to generate steam

@joecaljapan

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, economics and logistics determines whether something is done I guess

@maxpower1337

Ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking as well Iceland does something similar.

modern coal power plants only release water vapor from the stacks, they have not been dirty for 50 years.

@BushkayakersAustralia

8 ай бұрын

you might want to do some more research . you can start here for starters www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=74&t=11

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

Those 2 power stations are over an hour away from burning mountain and 1 of them has already been shutdown permanently. Father in-law works at the other one as the lead control room operator. Small world.....

I wish they would have gotten deeper into how they determined it started 6000 years ago.

I visited this place 30 years ago… pretty impressive 😁

i wonder why that needed background music

Thanks for the knowledge..

6000 years? I don't think so, the flood would have put it out!!!

@Wayclarke

8 ай бұрын

This is a good joke, I give you a gold star.

@Nunya.Bidness

8 ай бұрын

Only one can be real, and here's video proof of one, sooooo………

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

Feel free to jump on in and inspect it for yourself, or don't. Either way, you are so dang wrong it's shameful. But your holy book says bla bla bla. Seriously though, great joke!

Chimneys, cooling towers and a freight train going by, really picturesque😅

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

But those power stations are over 1 hour away from Burning mountain, which is near Wingen Australia. I'm a local to the area.....

Bayswater and Liddell power stations are well over an hour away from Burning Mountain, Liddell is also closed down now too. I ought to know as my in-law works at Bayswater power station. Also that coal train is headed to the Newcastle port to unload that coal. Bayswater power stations coal comes from a completely different mine and direction than whatever you said about that coal train. Some of us actually care about the things around and what happens in the Hunter Valley. Otherwise you are pretty good on the camera work.

@TheHungrySlug

4 ай бұрын

@@leo1933 Liddell power station is now going to be turned into a massive batterie storage facility. It'll be something to see for sure, whatever it ends up looking like.

Looks like you took a walk in a few areas that have signs telling you not to...... And still didn't get very good shots.

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

You are correct. didn't even bother to look down the massive cracks, such a missed opportunity! Also glad I haven't slipped in any of them either.

I don't understand why all this wasted energy is not able to be harnessed. Just think. 6000 years of continuous energy just being untapped. Surely there is technology available that could do that.

Repurpose the heat

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

Cooks a mad steak I will tell you. and also melt anything that isn't cast-iron or stainless-steel. Also has a strong sulfur smell like eggs.

Just wondering: why don't they dig up the coal and use it before it burns?

@BushkayakersAustralia

8 ай бұрын

they are digging the crap out of plenty of other coal seams without fires in them

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

it'd cost too much and then there is the fact that it is a small "national Park" and is protected land. Also, it'll get dug up eventually. Coal mining companies will rip open most of the east coast of Australia to get all the coal. From Brisbane all the way down to near Wagga wagga. Just give it another 150 years and it'll all be nearly mined away. There are really old maps that chart out the coal seams of Eastern Australia and it's all marked for mining. It's just a matter of time, sadly...

@BushkayakersAustralia

5 ай бұрын

@@TheHungrySlug sadly

Wow something I didn’t know cool

Nice little vid . we enduringly call it Smokey Hill . it is worth a bit of an explore . some nice views

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

"Smokey hill" because a few blokes grew pot up there once and then P platers like to smoke bongs in the car park. HAHAHA Funny rolling up to what looks like a car on fire only to see 7 teens climb out and start raiding the boot for snacks...

so why aren't thtey making power from it.?

can you not put a steam turbine on it to produce electricity?

This makes me want to play cities skylines

@DieseltheWhiteTailedBuck

5 ай бұрын

lemme guess, cities skylines 2 now

Greta is not pleased.

It's about Almighty

@TheHungrySlug

5 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA...........NO!