Methane Extraction from 'Ice' + Carbon Sequestration = Green Fossil Fuel?Could this actually be a carbon-neutral fossil fuel source? New Scientist is reporting on research presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society which examines whether methane could be extracted from what looks like regular ice, and at the same time sequester carbon dioxide.
The regular looking ice they are talking about is actually clathrate hydrate, a crystalline water-based solid which taps individual molecules of methane inside 'cages' of hydrogen bonded water molecules: