[The Red Zone]

Methyl Hydrate.

CH3H, methane? At today's gas prices?

[glock rocks]

ch3oh wood alcohol - methanol

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[djf]

Interesting thing about bacteria. During their life cycle, and when they die and decompose, they give off methane. Bacteria living in the sediments on the ocean floor do it, but because of the cool temperatures and pressure, it binds with water and forms a crystalline compound called methyl hydrate. Looks like ice crystals. Bring it up to STP and it turns to methane.

Estimates are there is over a thousand times more energy in methyl hydrate on the ocean floor than all the oil ever discovered, or ever will be discovered.