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If we could produce gas from only 1 percent of all the hydrates in the world, we would have enough natural gas to last more than 170,000 years. I don't know if I should lough or cry about this news...read the whole article at: www.technologyreview.com   Login Nickname Password Security Code: Type Security Code Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As a registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name. Related Links · More about General · News by vlad Most read story about General: Z machine melts diamond to puddle Article Rating Average Score: 5 Votes: 1 Please take a second and vote for this article: Options   Printer Friendly "Gas on Ice" | Login/Create an Account | 6 comments | Search Discussion The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content. No Comments Allowed for Anonymous, please register Re: Gas on Ice (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Thursday, February 05, 2004 @ 23:50:19 UTC I'm definitely crying as the resulting pollution definitely will not make Earth last those 170,000 years... Re: Gas on Ice by Anonymous on Friday, February 06, 2004 @ 08:51:13 UTC Re: Gas on Ice (Score: 1) by ElectroDynaCat on Friday, February 06, 2004 @ 10:07:58 UTC (User Info | Send a Message) My own perspective on this is that the energy industry has had this card up its sleeve for a long time, knowing that when it became "clutch time" for the domestic energy supply they would pull it out of their hat, as long as the price was right. There is a geologic theory, called the "Deep Gas" hypothesis that states that the Earth has a reservoir of primordial methane, not produced by biological processes but in place from when the earth was formed at the beginning of the Solar System. It is more than likely that this theory is correct and that the supply is much greater than the 170,000 year figure stated in the article. The only limitation to the utilization of this source is that the oxygen in the atmosphere would run out before the methane, or that the greenhouse effect would boil away the atmosphere from the effect of burning it, and the human race would suffocate in its own waste carbon dioxide. If we want to use this source of energy, we'd better start planting a lot of trees. Re: Gas on Ice by Anonymous on Saturday, February 07, 2004 @ 08:31:14 UTC Re: Gas on Ice by ElectroDynaCat on Saturday, February 07, 2004 @ 18:44:57 UTC Japan, China, and India (Score: 1) by kurt9 on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 @ 10:30:09 UTC (User Info | Send a Message) http://www.metatechnica.com The Japanese are pursuing this technology in a big way. In fact, they are hoping that methane hydrates will make them energy independent by 2015. I'm sure that the Koreans and Chinese are following suit. In the 90's, the Japanese developed a catalytic process for converting mathane into liquid fuel (for cars and airplanes) and build several pilot production plants in Iran (Iran has much natural gas and the Japanese and Iranians have very close commercial relations). Given that all of East and South Asia are deficient in "conventional" energy sources, there is no doubt that China and India will be hot to trot on developing methane hydrates. This entire region would really like not to have to import middle-eastern oil. Also realize that the world oil markets operate on U.S. dollars. This results in increased cost of oil for these countries. Do keep in mind that China and Japan have been active in exploring the "cold fusion" and other novel energy phenomenon as well. Rumor has it that Podklitnov (the Russian "anti-gravity" guy) has been doing consulting work for some Japanese companies.

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