The clathrate gun hypothesis has been discussed previously, but now might be a good time to start considering it less hypothetical. [via]
posted on Sep 24, 2008 - View this thread

China and India have reported massive finds of frozen methane clathrate off their coasts and, along with Japan and other countries, are spending large sums to develop it into a new source of fossil energy. This is important for developing countries as there may be more frozen methane in the world than all the oil, gas and coal combined, and it is available right off their coasts. Some believe it can be extracted in a carbon neutral manner, but methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and the scarily named clathrate gun hypothesis provides some fuel for thought about digging this stuff up.
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - View this thread