*** You can go to many marshes, ponds and small lakes and do this. As plant matter decays methane is created from the decomposition process, its nature at work. ***
It’s useless to try to introduce logic into the psyches of the earth worshippers, but it makes sense to capture the methane, if possible, refine it as necessary and let people use it meet their needs. This way, there is control over its introduction into the “climate”. (sigh)
True, though it is enjoyable to get them wound up.
I can’t say for certain, but I would doubt that methane produced from marshes/ponds would be economically feasible to recover.
In the arctic tundra, there are methane hydrates that form below ground. Basically they are a mixture of frozen methane gas and water/ice. (You can observe a similar phenomenon if you put a gas tank outside in the winter and slightly crack the vent. Hydrates will form around the vent as vapors escape, mix with water vapor in the air and freeze.)
Greenies try and claim that because of globalwarming/climatechange/abruptclimatedisruption/etc, the permafrost is melting and more methane gas is liberated to the atmosphere and we are going to die a painful death quicker because of it. A down-ward spiral of doom. There could be feasible ways to drill and recover this, that would be economically viable.
I work in the Arctic, trust me, its cold :-)