tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5973335198331632708..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: It's Still Fossil FuelThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38204279600757865642013-03-13T10:13:32.748-07:002013-03-13T10:13:32.748-07:00You're right, BGB. The real danger of methane...You're right, BGB. The real danger of methane is from leakage into the atmosphere where it is an extremely powerful greenhouse gas.<br /><br />I don't know what sort of leakage problem there would be from recovering clathrates in their frozen state and harvesting the dissolved methane in some sort of closed system as the methane/water mixture thaws.<br /><br />There is a greater problem from clathrates now melting in warming ocean shelves and northern lake beds. We have seen the YouTube videos of Alaskan scientists boring holes in lake ice and setting fire to the escaping methane.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29662387863760007522013-03-12T19:02:42.733-07:002013-03-12T19:02:42.733-07:00Wow, that is pretty scary. Methane is a far more p...Wow, that is pretty scary. Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Clathrates are solid under pressure, the very act of miningthem will release a lot of methane into the atmosphere. I don`t know enough about it, but it strikes me that this could be the beginning of a very contentious development.Bluegreenbloggerhttp://greencanada.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com