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May 6th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda U.S. Department of Energy Claims ‘Unprecedented’ Success in Test for New Fuel Source
May 6th, 2012
Via: MSNBC:
Could the future of cleaner fossil fuel really be frozen crystals now trapped in ocean sediments and under permafrost?
Backed by an oil industry giant, the Obama administration recently tested a drilling technique in Alaska’s Arctic that it says might eventually unlock “a vast, entirely untapped resource that holds enormous potential for U.S. economic and energy security.” Some experts believe the reserves could provide domestic fuel for hundreds of years to come.
Those crystals, known as methane hydrates, contain natural gas but so far releasing that fuel has been an expensive proposition.
The drilling has its environmental critics, but there’s also a climate bonus: The technique requires injecting carbon dioxide into the ground, thereby creating a new way to remove the warming gas from the atmosphere.
“You’re storing the CO2, and also liberating the natural gas,” Christopher Smith, the Energy Department’s oil and natural gas deputy assistant secretary, told msnbc.com. “It’s kind of a two-for-one.”
The Energy Department, in a statement last week, trumpeted it as “a successful, unprecedented test” and vowed to pump at least $6 million more into future testing.
“While this is just the beginning, this research could potentially yield significant new supplies of natural gas,” Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced.
ConocoPhillips, the oil company that worked on the test at its oil facility in Alaska’s North Slope, was hopeful the technique could become economically feasible for producing natural gas, a fuel that’s much cleaner than petroleum.
“Many experts believe that methane hydrates hold significant potential to supply the world with clean fossil fuel,” spokesman Davy Kong told msnbc.com. “The completion of this successful test of technology is an important step in developing production technology to access this potential resource while sequestering carbon dioxide.”
More: DOE: U.S. and Japan Complete Successful Field Trial of Methane Hydrate Production Technologies
Research Credit: MS
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