Comments on: Burning ice. Methane hydrate http://polizeros.com/2008/02/13/burning-ice-methane-hydrate/ Musings on politics: Antiwar, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ten Bears http://polizeros.com/2008/02/13/burning-ice-methane-hydrate/comment-page-1/#comment-148717 Ten Bears Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:52:36 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/13/burning-ice-methane-hydrate/#comment-148717 I've a time or two suggested to the, ahhh... less progressive of my acquaintances that if they were to truly wow me with the intellectual and technological prowess of their heroes the oil/auto/suburbia complex... figure out how to capture the methane evaporating exponentially into the atmosphere "at times more effective(ness) than carbon dioxide in causing climate warming" as the north hemispheric tundra thaws. Ought to be enough there to power an awful lot of jacked-up de-engineered suburban assault vehicles with that. Maybe even make a little money. They don't get it. I’ve a time or two suggested to the, ahhh… less progressive of my acquaintances that if they were to truly wow me with the intellectual and technological prowess of their heroes the oil/auto/suburbia complex… figure out how to capture the methane evaporating exponentially into the atmosphere “at times more effective(ness) than carbon dioxide in causing climate warming” as the north hemispheric tundra thaws.

Ought to be enough there to power an awful lot of jacked-up de-engineered suburban assault vehicles with that. Maybe even make a little money.

They don’t get it.

]]> By: John Couzin http://polizeros.com/2008/02/13/burning-ice-methane-hydrate/comment-page-1/#comment-148714 John Couzin Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:57:06 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/13/burning-ice-methane-hydrate/#comment-148714 Like they say, "You get nothing for nothing, or, there is no such thing as a free lunch." Like they say, “You get nothing for nothing, or, there is no such thing as a free lunch.”

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