[AndrewC]

General, that is just a blowhard. Not useful and unlike the very useful methane producing south end of a north bound cow.

Methane hydrate is a very interesting compound.

Methane Hydrate

WHAT do you get when you combine water and swamp gas under low temperatures and high pressures? You get a frozen latticelike substance called methane hydrate, huge amounts of which underlie our oceans and polar permafrost. This crystalline combination of a natural gas and water (known technically as a clathrate) looks remarkably like ice but burns if it meets a lit match.

[Aric2000]

It is indeed interesting, and sounds kind of dangerous as well.

Enough dissipates and it can topple an Oil rig? and if it disaccociates, you have enough methane to cause quite an explosion.

But if we could somehow harvest this stuff, the possibilities are endless. And Methane burns cleanly, so that would make it very advantageous!!

Cool link....

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This crystalline combination of a natural gas and water (known technically as a clathrate) looks remarkably like ice but burns if it meets a lit match.

KEWL! Self boiling water...