Japan has started drilling into deposits of methane hydrate off its eastern coast. The deposits are thought to contain enough methane to power Japan for a hundred years. That's probably enough to push the world's climate over the edge.
Source: New Scientist 9/3/13 p 12-13.
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Think positively. Burning it is better than letting it escape to the atmosphere. Our problems will come when uncontrolled methane starts to escape naturally in ever-increasing amounts... Oh dear, that already appears to be happening!
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