From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 06:26:02 MDT
Rudiger opined:
<<You guys are pretty negative. Given the quantities this is about I'd say
that
even a 1% chance to overcome the problems should warrant to put EUR100M into
investigating that. It's clear that traditional mining and driving out the
gas with heat is not applicable here. Maybe someone else has other means.
Eric Drexler might have an idea if you give him half of those EUR100M.
-Rudiger>>
Its more a case of many times bitten, thrice shy. It was a fun article, but
we need to hear more on this source of energy. What does it cost to extract,
how much is there? What is the concentrated amounts, does it need refining,
what is the occurrence, are there any more plentiful areas? And so forth. We
need to see analyses, and scientific papers. On the other hand, all that Gas
Hydrates that existed for eons may have been slowly sub-ducted and trapped in
semi-porous rock that has been capped by granite layers. We shall see. In the
meantime, On to ANWR, have at you, Carribou!
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