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EROEI of Methane Hydrates
In the wake of the recent posts about methane hydrates, the overarching question is, as with any new energy source, what is the energy return on energy invested for these hydrates? In fact early indications are quite promissing: values of more than 30 initially, gradually deteriorating to 7 after 30 years of well exploitation.
[sciforum.net – pdf]
[mirror – revised nov 2012]
3 Comments on "EROEI of Methane Hydrates"
BillT on Sun, 17th Mar 2013 11:33 pm
Does it really matter? If they start a chain reaction that they cannot stop, and the world is destroyed, EROEI is unimportant. We are probably the first species to cause our own extinction.
Norm on Mon, 18th Mar 2013 12:32 am
Aw c’mon lighten up. Venus not such a bad place to be, lakes of liquid lead, etc etc. Wont need a snowshovel.
Arthur on Mon, 18th Mar 2013 4:31 pm
Now here is a source that in quantity probably vastly outperforms everything we have seen with shale. Extraction is not poisoneous, but the risk seems to be provoking offshore landslides, releasing vast quantities of methane.
SUGAR is a German program that tries to minimize the environmental cost (greenhouse) by extracting the fuel ‘in return’ for CO2. Have yet to look into it.
http://cpatw.iccip.net/downloads/sugar_project.pdf
The man behind this is Klaus Wallman, see youtube.