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To: Casaubon who wrote (73816)	4/1/2001 8:33:36 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 99985

Check those links out there is ample information on this northernlight.com marine.usgs.gov Methane trapped in marine sediments as a hydrate represents such an immense carbon reservoir that it must be considered a dominant factor in estimating unconventional energy resources; .............................. The worldwide amounts of carbon bound in gas hydrates is conservatively estimated to total twice the amount of carbon to be found in all known fossil fuels on Earth......................................... Recent mapping conducted by the USGS off North Carolina and South Carolina shows large accumulations of methane hydrates....................................... The immense volumes of gas and the richness of the deposits may make methane hydrates a strong candidate for development as an energy resource. and more Methane hydrates are a potentially enormous natural gas resource, declared a U.S. presidential commission in its report on future energy research. It's possible that (natural) gas can be produced economically from the methane hydrates on a global scale. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that the methane hydrates beneath U.S. waters alone hold some 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, enough to supply all the nation's energy needs for more than 2,000 years at current rates of use. Currently, Congress is considering a bill to establish a national methane hydrates research program. The U.S. Department of Energy is proposing a plan to extract methane commercially from hydrates in less than 20 years. Canada, India, Korea, and Norway have all initiated their own hydrates research programs. But Japan, with few energy resources available, has taken the lead in methane hydrates exploration. Haim