Alaska's North Slope contains 85 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that is frozen. Government scientists believe current technology could remove this natural gas. However, they are uncertain of the affect this will have on global warming. Some scientists are worried that this could disturb gas-hydrates and release methane into the atmosphere. Methane is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide.photo courtesy:
energy.usgs.gov
One major problem with this is even if we were able to get this natural gas we would have to build a pipeline to take it into the United states. This natural gas in Alaska has great potential.
-Eden
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