Methane Hydrate is a peculiar substance, in that the methane gas from decomposition combines in a physical (not chemical) bond, in which HUGE volumes of methane are absorbed between the interstices between water molecules, and this a stable conformation as long at the water temperature remains below about 42 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the temperature rises above that point, the methane hydrate goes through a phase change, reverting to water and the gaseous form of methane.
In ocean depths, the temperature of the water never goes above about 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and it remains stable.
If there were a way to recover this HUGE reservoir of methane from ocean depths, it would be a near inexhaustible energy supply, as there is from 4 to 10 times as much energy in this methane hydrate, than in all the coal, oil, and natural gas trapped in the earth’s crust. Once the technology is worked out, the recovery could lead to one of the cheapest energy supply sources the world has ever known.
And conversion of all this potential energy to useful applications, would propel prosperity to a level that today is unimaginable.
And not prosperity for just a few at the top. It would be the greatest and most equitable distribution of wealth, ever.
[ If there were a way to recover this HUGE reservoir of methane from ocean depths, it would be a near inexhaustible energy supply, as there is from 4 to 10 times as much energy in this methane hydrate, than in all the coal, oil, and natural gas trapped in the earth’s crust. Once the technology is worked out, the recovery could lead to one of the cheapest energy supply sources the world has ever known. ]
Not to mention all the CO2 that would spur a boom in plant growth which would no doubt reverse desertification in many areas.
Earth is currently in a CO2 drought.
But the gore-bull warninsts deny that inconvenient truth which is backed up by geological records stretching back many millions of years.
Kinda like the discovery of "this HUGE reservoir of methane oil from ocean depths beneath the desert sands of the MidEast yielded "the greatest and most equitable distribution of wealth, ever."
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Very thought provoking posting inre methane hydrate. Thanks