Fire in the Ice – Methane Hydrates

Methane Hydrates – The fuel of the future
In the last three decades of the twentieth century the scientists made surprising discoveries on the ocean floor: chemosynthetic communities drawing their energy from sulfur vents, methane or ammonia, gas hydrates, etc.. Methane hydrates, among others, constitute an enormous reserve of energy. It is clear that we will try to exploit this reserve. But will he do so without damaging the environment [..]