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An energy coup for Japan: Flammable ice
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Japan said Tuesday that it had extracted gas from offshore deposits of methane hydrate sometimes called flammable ice a breakthrough that officials and experts said could be a step toward tapping a promising but still little-understood energy source. The gas, whose extraction from the undersea hydrate reservoir was thought to be a world first, could provide an alternative source of energy to known oil and gas reserves. That could be crucial especially for Japan, which is the worlds biggest...
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