As we explained previously, those methane hydrates clogging the uptake pipe need water and low temperatures to form.

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But they oppose nuclear power, a position that puts them at odds with a fair number of environmentalists who have concluded, reluctantly, that a low-carbon future without nuclear energy is a pipe-dream.

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