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To: WalterWhite who wrote (179521)	7/16/2013 12:00:29 AM
From: JimisJim	Respond to of 206178

<Methane hydrate is now a technically proven resource from deep seabed and the frozen Arctic (Antartic too i would presume).> There's a ton of it out there... however, just to clarify one point, it actually is more often found in the shallow waters of continental shelves in sedimentary rock and, as you said, in arctic type waters... it is also found in deep water, but there are many many deposits sitting right off the coast in shallow waters around the globe. In fact, it is even in sediment formations in Alaska -- seems like every time they turn around, they find more of it. It is even a by-product of using fresh water to pressurize oil/gas wells (apparently it doesn't form readily in salt water naturally) and while there are abiotic sources of it, there is also biologic -- in the oceans, it is formed by microbes breaking down dissolved CO2. It is truly a *renewable* resource just waiting to be tapped.