“And if methane hydrates can be produced at a reasonable cost, switching from coal and oil to natural gas could help reduce globe-warming greenhouse gas emissions. However, cheap plentiful natural gas would slow the adoption of more costly no-carbon forms of energy such as wind, solar, and nuclear. As Mann observes... ...natural gas plays two roles. To politicians and economists, it is a vehicle for reasserting American might—cheap energy that will liberate the United States from foreign petroleum. To environmentalists, natural gas is a bridge fuel, a substitute for coal and oil that will serve until—but only until—the world can move to zero-carbon energy sources: sunlight, wind, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.” Methane Hydrates are definitely in our future! bit.ly/13f7F1i
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 02:30:35 +0000