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Burning Ice Drilled from Alaska's Slope

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the snowballs-that-pack-a-punch dept.

bagboy writes to tell us that as sources of renewable energy are being sought, BP has announced a new method of extracting natural gas from ice underneath Alaska's North Slope drilling fields. "Scientists with the federal Energy Department paid $4.6 million to drill for the hot ice just below the surface of the Milne Point well, which is situated northwest of Prudhoe Bay. [...] Now, scientists from around the world are waiting for pieces of this strange ice to conduct their own tests and determine whether Alaska's frozen grounds contain untapped, clean-burning energy."

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  1. "Hot ice"? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hot ice? Is that anything like "cold steam"?

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  2. NOT 'clean-burning' by any mean by vandan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You would think that by now people would get the idea on this point.

    Fossil fuels are not clean-burning. They have carbon that's been captured over long periods of time, and when you burn them, you release carbon-dioxide and contribute to climate change. Simple as that.

    What's more, disturbing the few remaining bit of ice left on the planet to get to fossil fuels seems to be the absolute height of arrogance considering the position that organisations like BP ( Big Polluters ) has put us in with their past carbon industry. Does anyone think it's actually a good thing that actively contribute to breaking up the ice to grab fossil fuel? The mind boggles!

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    1. Re:NOT 'clean-burning' by any mean by vandan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      By the way, good job at shamelessly plugging your political views in a scientific discussion. :/

      Forgot to comment on this one.
      Cheney is a big oil trader, in the same vain as Bush. I hardly think it's off-topic to communicate to other link-minded people that he's coming to Australia, and that there's a demo on today, considering we're talking about fossil fuels, renewable resources, and all. Just because you don't personally agree that burning fossil fuels is wrong, doesn't mean that I shouldn't let others on the left know about what's going to be a great day of activity against one of the most oiled-up neo-cons around :)