science finds new hydrocarbon to fuck up atmosphere

just when you thought that peak oil was going to be the final straw that kept us from burning ourselves alive inside a giant celestial ball of smog, all of our greatest scientific minds have assembled to find a new form of hydrocarbon to celebrate, exploit, and not realize its effects until we've already done a shitload of damage. Thankfully, these are all located in the ocean where it will be more difficult to notice: "A hydrate is created when a molecule of gas – in this case, methane or natural gas – is trapped by high pressures and low temperatures inside a cage of water molecules. The result is almost – but not quite – ice. It's more like a dry, white slush..."

"And gas hydrate fields are found in abundance under the coastal waters of every continent. Calculations suggest there's more energy in gas hydrates than in coal, oil and conventional gas combined." Dig it. we've found a new way to power all of our shit. It's natural gas, so presumably a little bit healthier for the atmosphere (i'm no chemist...could someone clarify that one for me?). Even better, it's not ethanol.

I'll take harvesting some slushy superefficient pseudo-ice out of the water over growing even more corn for my petrofix any day of the week. Just keep ExxonMobil's greedy little mitts off of it and we're golden.