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Methane apocalypse? Not likely.

Posted on July 24, 2020 by

Preface. The four articles below explain why methane from permafrost or hydrates are not likely to erupt abruptly and send Earth into a hothouse hell.  In addition, here are some posts debunking Guy McPherson who believes the world will end … Continue reading →

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Why we aren’t mining methane hydrates now — or perhaps ever

Posted on April 28, 2014 by

[ Methane hydrates are far from being commercial, and as I explain below, probably always will be. Alice Friedemann   www.energyskeptic.com  author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and “Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips … Continue reading →

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Huge releases of arctic methane

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. At the American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco, Dr Semiletov announced he’d found an unprecedented amount of methane bubbling up from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (which … Continue reading →

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When Life Nearly Died. The greatest mass extinction of all time

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

[ Benton shows why it was probably lava flows, not impact from meteors that caused the Permian extinction. I don’t know why everyone isn’t reading whatever they can find on the greatest mass murder of all time — the Permian … Continue reading →

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