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- casspa, on 10/10/2008, -1/+14This makes me uneasy, who knows what effect the harvesting of these gases could have on the ecosystems of the seas two miles above.
- GeeksSpeakFont, on 10/10/2008, -3/+12well we definitely need any source of energy we can get right now!
- TheMachine1, on 10/11/2008, -1/+5I'm all for natural gas but to call it "green" is marketing *****. Its a fossil fuel thats a little cleaner than the others.
- Gloony, on 10/11/2008, -1/+4Interesting but not groundbreaking; deep subsea developments of remote fields has been going on for a while. A good example is snohvit in Norway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snøhvit - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+3Wow, my name actually goes with your comment.... never thought I'd see that happen.
- Hellman109, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Agreed there.
But we will be raping the sea floor which we dont see instead of ripping up the ground or sticking in a rig which we do see.
Its like saying murdering someone underwater isnt really murder, cause we cant see it.
All it means is another way to tap large fossil fuel reserves, which will help energy prices but will screw the planet even more.
Im not a greenie by any stretch, but calling this green is just stupid. - ievanssc, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2It's certainly better than coal or oil, but it's by no means "green." Natural gas is still a fossil fuel that releases carbon into the atmosphere when burned.
Also, considering the money and time necessary before this project could even begin to deliver results, I'd think it wiser to invest the effort in projects of renewable and/or carbon free energy production systems (solar, wind, etc.). This natural gas solution is good for a time but it's still a) a finite source that will run out and b) not 'green'. - GoKings, on 10/11/2008, -1/+2Send me to a taco stand in Mexico and I can produce as much green gas as they want.
- phreak79, on 10/11/2008, -2/+2As many of the oil majors will say, the era of easy oil is over, but technology is making it possible to tap into the harder to reach places on Earth. This seems to be an excellent example of just that.
- slapthemonkey, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1Hope they are successful
- inactive, on 10/12/2008, -1/+1Green?
Green like your "green car" that gets 30kl more to the gallon?
Green like BP fossil fuels mixed with plantation ethanol grown where a forest once stood?
Green like Clean Coal?
Green like Nuke Energy that has to be mined and still has no genuine disposal solution anywhere apart from the military spreading across enemy desserts, none at all?
Green like the New Aircraft that gain a 12% efficiency over older models?
Green like Palm oil soaps and beauty products, all natural! Grown in an area where old growth forest once existed where Orangutans had a habitat.
Marketing goons/// - cheezintern, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1and that's the best comment you get write?
- partrow, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1Why does "green" have to be part of the title? It is nice that additional sources of natgas are going to be tapped, but why the "green" reference? Natgas is not green, it is colorless.
- divinediva, on 10/11/2008, -1/+1The major challenge of their work is designing stable pipelines which will withstand decades of strong currents.
- kolobcreek, on 10/11/2008, -3/+2Go green
- jrm71588, on 10/11/2008, -4/+2I am very inebriated
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