The New Prize: Asia’s “Fire Ice” Gas Revolution

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By Elliot Brennan

If extraction costs can be reduced, methane hydrates could rewrite Asia’s energy map and transform its interaction with the world.

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  1. This is horrible news. We have too much CO2 and Green House Gases released already. The world needs to reduce CO2 and GHG release by 90% in order to survive in a similar environment...
    Nick Schaefer XNRG.ch

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