[freedumb2003]

Scientists discover frozen methane gas deposit off California

No, that is just the political speeches from Pelosi, Boxer and DiFi.

[Rebelbase]

Drilling for oil was difficult and virtually non existent 150 years ago. Technology has come a long way and will go even farther.

"Scientists were plumbing the Pacific Ocean on an unrelated expedition when they accidentally. came across the volcano,"

Amazing that something like that could exist less than 20 miles off the coast of California and we're just now discovering it. The wealth of the resources in the ocean boggles the mind and we've yet to discover a fraction of it.

[Paleo Conservative]

Methane hydrate is a geological hazard. No one has yet developed technology to mine it safely.

[Noumenon]

Although scientists say a new source of natural gas would provide a near-limitless energy source, some worry about the environmental effects of the gas.

[Moonman62]

Frozen farts.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Again: such very, very deep discoveries of methane bring up questions about the basic source of these light hydrocarbons.

Coal? No questions: The coal beds clearly are from laid down buried plant deposits. But methane/hydrocarbons/oil from deeper than 5,000 feet?

Not even the Grand Canyon rocks (themselves barren/void of life that deep!) support massive amounts of life: and these on the ocean floor are three times as deep, implying three times older.

[Mobile Vulgus]

Umm, did they find it in Senator Boxer's head?

[Paul C. Jesup]

Scientists have discovered an undersea deposit of frozen methane just off the Southern California coast, but whether it can be harnessed as a potential energy source is unknown.

It's also highly explosive and the airbubbles it creates when it explodes can sink large ships and down airplanes.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Photo of worms living on methane hydrate:

http://www.science.psu.edu/iceworms/viewxclose.html

[Dustbunny]

Hope they discover a way to collect the methane gas.

[mowowie]

off of California huh?

Might as well just scratch this latest find of the list then.

F’ing left coast freaks...
When is the big one coming?