New Scientist.
June 2009

Ice on fire: The next fossil fuel
  a.. 24 June 2009 by Fred Pearce
  b.. Magazine issue 2714. Subscribe and get 4 free issues.
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Full text:

Says

- Methane extraction from permafrost above methan clathrate reserves 
provides one means of easy access to these.
- Methane reserves claimed to exceed all known prior hydrocarbon 
extractions.
- Strong risk of catastrophic release if 'played with'
- Leakage could add significantly to global warming [tm].

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227141.100-ice-on-fire-the-next-fossil-fuel.html?full=true&print=true

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RQuestion:  Considering t\what it takes to form methane pockets, how did 
these utterly vast [tm] reserves form?







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