Gino (11 March 2013)
"RE: Harvey Troyer: 03.09.13: the great abyss"


Harvey,
I think someone has given you some incorrect information.
on page 14: Water, not being anywhere near as thick and heavy as oil, 
The specific gravity of these crude oils is a little over 0.9, but less than 1.0, which means that the oil is actually lighter than the water.
Water is heavier than oil, even these crude oils.
There are some oils with a specific gravity greater than 1.0, but not these crude oils.
Specific gravity is defined as the ratio of the density of a material to the density of water.
Therefore the specific gravity of water is 1.0.
Things with specific gravity less than 1 float on water, and those greater than 1 sink.


on page 19: 8. Once the oxygen to gas ratio reaches fourteen percent, the "mix" in this part of the reserve becomes volatile, and subject to exploding if and when it is ever ignited. A mix of twenty one percent oxygen to gas ratio causes that particular gas chamber to become a genuine fully loaded bomb of a magnitude that even most scientists cannot imagine, that is just waiting to be ignited. 
The LEL and UEL of natural gas are about 5% and 15% in air, respectively.
LEL is the Lower Explosive Level and UEL is the Upper Explosive Level.
However, air is only 21% oxygen & 79% nitrogen.
The ratio of nitrogen to oxygen would remain in the presence of another gas.
Therefore at that 5% LEL, there would be 75% nitrogen and 20% oxygen.
At the 15% UEL would be 67% nitrogen and 18% oxygen.
However, as written, a 21:1 ratio of oxygen to gas would be well below the LEL and definitely not explosive.
And a ratio of oxygen to gas greater than 21 times would even be farther below the LEL.

Who ever gave you that information, gave it to you incorrectly.
I'm sorry,
Gino