"Golf course planned by Donald Trump is belching dangerous levels of methane"

Greg B. Smith and Daniel Beekman report in the New York Daily News report the shocking news that a new golf course is under construction that dangerous levels of methane have been detected since New York's Ferry Point started construction.

“As a matter of practice of safety, if you have a basement that was 100% LEL and you turned on a light, you risk having an explosion,” said Ken Bresner, a DEC official tracking Ferry Point’s methane.

Occasionally the test results showed higher levels of methane. But in recent months, the tests have regularly detected concentrations at the project’s edge far in excess of the LEL, records show.

The state is aware of this rash of high methane levels. In response, it has decided not to shut down construction but to increase the frequency of monitoring. “We’re concerned about movement of landfill gas.
This has been an ongoing concern,” Bresner said.

It’s not clear exactly why this is happening, but Bresner noted the recent construction at the site “could potentially disrupt gas under the surface.”

Comments

[smails]

No Smoking, Please!

[dbh]

'"Golf course planned by Donald Trump is belching dangerous levels of methane"'

That headline works even without the 'Golf course planned by' part.

[digsouth]

My thoughts exactly, dbh. Well done!

A GC in Houston on a landfill had venting pipes all around the course-- I think it has closed since, for economic reasons...anyone know? In SW Houston, Alief area.

[COB]

If too much methane is belching out of that golf course, possibly a gold chandelier on every tee will help.

[Joey]

The Donald is missing a business oppty. He could collect the gas and run his golf carts on it.

[Adam Clayman]

You mean it's not cows causing the hole in the ozone?

[Rob]

Whenever The Donald talks, methane is belched.

[KLG]

@Adam: That was chloroflurocarbons. As for methane, it is just as bad as a greenhouse gas as largely phased out CFCs and cows are a significant source. But as the arctic ice melts, the methane plumes that seem to only get larger may in the lifetimes of our children make golf, as a game and a business, a complete superfluity.

[Ghillie]

Oh, to be the sub-editor on the NY Daily Post who caught that story and penned that header. I'll bet there's a right good knees-up at the village pump tonight! And the cartoon boys should have a field day.

[Boston Golfer]

The jokes just write themselves with that headline. In the meantime, enjoy this, which shouldn't be too far off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Hx5ka1FiA

[Ghillie]

I think I meant the Daily News. Don't make much never mind -- half the papers in the world will have pinched or even improved upon it.

[smails]

KLG--Global Warming! coming soon to a century near yours!

[Press Agent]

Poor Donald and Poor Golf, the methane has absolutely nothing to do with the golf course and would have been there no matter what - it's a by-product of the landfill they are building on. However, this story does bring it to light and alert the neighbors to the fact that old landfills need to vent off methane, you know, for the people that thought once you bury a landfill you can forget about it. The Donald makes a nice target of course, maybe they should have made it a park instead of a golf course so the young children could frolic and picnic around in the methane clouds.

[johnnnycz]

Renaissance(sp?) Park in Charlotte was built on a landfill and had those PVC venting pipes everywhere...thus the smell permeating the air was part of the challenge. The good part was that you could let the farts rip and no one would realize...rather they might've said 'thanks' for freshening up the place for only a few seconds...seriously, the methane smell was BAD...you could taste it.

As for The Donald having a methane problem....AHAHAHAHA...the jokes regarding him and golf seem to write themselves!!!