Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel - environment - 26 March 2009 - New Scientist

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Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel - environment - 26 March 2009 - New Scientist

Scientists may have come up with a way to make extracting methane from clathrate hydrate, found in arctic permafrost and on the sea floor, carbon neutral. Clathrate hydrates "prefer" carbon dioxide, and experiments have shown that pumping carbon dioxide in clathrates releases the stored methane. The result: carbon dioxide is sequestered and we have methane for use.