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Undersea Deposits of Frozen Methane Found

Posted by chrisd on from the big-straw-needed dept.

geoswan writes "The CBC is running a story about large deposits of Frozen methane off the coast of Vancouver Island . The deposits may be 850 meters deep. The story doesn't say how the methane came to be a solid. Pressure? The story doesn't address what technology could be used to mine these deposits, if the decision is made to develop these resources. The CBC showed pictures taken of the methane hydrate. Sure enough, it looked like a big snowbank. It is an environmentally sensitive area. So, how about it, should it be exploited?"

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  1. We don't use our other methane sources by nesneros · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, we have something like 15 millian cows in the US alone, and we haven't even begun to milk that source yet, why go to the bottom of the ocean for it?

    Other sources include:

    1) Our office after Qdobo's 2 for $2 Thursday night burrito special.
    2) My uncle Floyd.
    3) The United States Congress.

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    Some men spend their entire lives trying to kill themselves for having been born. --Ross MacDonald
    1. Re:We don't use our other methane sources by RobinH · · Score: 5, Funny

      we have something like 15 millian cows in the US alone, and we haven't even begun to milk that source yet

      Yep, in Canada we've been studying a method of building a big dome over the U.S. and siphoning off all the methane from cow farts. Such a dome would have other benefits as well. ;^)

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      "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
  2. Re:armageddon by gmkeegan · · Score: 5, Funny

    If vast amounts of methane were released, the highly explosive gas would be ignited by lightning, scorching huge area in a fiery hell-on-earth."

    We'd better start putting corks in the millions of cattle all over the world then.

  3. GM cows: the downside by tlambert · · Score: 5, Funny

    "GM Cows that dont fart so much are being developed right now."

    The downside is that if you let them get more than about four years old, they explode violently.

    -- Terry