Burning Methane Hydrate (IMAGE)

Naval Research Laboratory

Burning Methane Hydrate

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Having the potential to provide a clean and abundant fuel alternative, deposits of methane hydrates -- frozen mixtures of hydrocarbon gas (mostly methane) and water -- occur over large areas of the ocean floor.

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US Geological Society

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