Japan first to extract natural gas from undersea methane hydrate

By Mari Funisake/ Staff Writer March 12, 2013

Japan has become the first country to extract natural gas from methane hydrate under the seabed, opening up a potential source of domestic fuel for the resource-poor nation.

Gas was obtained from a layer 330 meters below a 1,000-meter-deep floor of the Pacific Ocean on March 12, the industry ministry said.Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC), commissioned by the ministry, is extracting gas 80 kilometers off Atsumi Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture as part of a test mining operation.It plans to extract thousands to tens of thousands of cubic meters of gas over the coming two weeks or so.

The industry ministry plans to establish production technology by fiscal 2018 and then begin production.  Currently, it is not possible to extract gas deep under the sea in a reliable, cost-effective manner.  The seas around Japan are estimated to hold enough methane hydrate to produce as much natural gas as Japan consumes in 100 years.  The reserves under the sea off Atsumi Peninsula are believed to equal 11 years' worth of consumption.

Methane hydrate, a sherbet-like methane-water combination known as "burning ice," is often found in Siberian and Alaskan permafrost and under areas of seabed deeper than 500 meters.  .....To Read More…..

My Take - What were the two main reasons for the greenies and their crowd to demand the world abandon life as we know it and go green by signing on to the Kyoto Accords? 

• The world was being roasted by CO2.
• We were running out of fossil fuels. 

We now know that both of those claims were lies....not just mistakes.....lies. There is more energy out there than we can shake a stick at.

So why are we still hearing 'leaders' talking about it? Because the real goal of those who embrace anthropogenic climate change is to create a socialist world government under the auspices of the United Nations!

We have to remember that everything the greenies say is a lie. Mostly lies of omission, obfuscation and misdirection......but lies nonetheless! Once we understand that, everything else they say is easy to understand.

To be green is to be irrational, misanthropic and morally defect