[r9etb]

Very interesting. Sounds like the costs would be prohibitive, though, unless many technological breakthroughs occur.

They're assuming you need to carry this stuff around in solid form, but I don't see that that's necessary.

Seems to me that you could put that 164-1 expansion ratio to good use. Specifically, if you modified an oil platform to drill for this stuff instead of oil, you'd simply have a high-pressure gas line. Put storage tanks on the platform, and build some big-ass methane tankers, and you're done.

[constitution]

Remember all is covered under 'The Law of the Oceans'[?].
Which means it belomgs to the U.N.!

[Bigg Red]

Okay, I bow to your vastly superior knowledge. But what about the rate of expansion? Wouldn't that be a sticky problem?