他同样怀疑甲烷水合物,认为它们包含的能量比释放并获得它们所需要消耗的能量还要少。
He is equally sceptical about methane hydrates, arguing that the energy they contain is less than the energy needed to release and secure it.
“坦率地说,甲烷水合物的建模工作尚处于起步阶段,”但它似乎“得出了有力的结论”,即人类的活动可能会“融化海洋中相当一部分的甲烷水合物,”他们这样写道。
"The modeling of methane hydrate is frankly in its infancy," but it seems "robust to conclude" that mankind could "melt a significant fraction of the methane hydrates in the ocean," they wrote.
一块气体水合物(甲烷格状物)嵌入在水合物脊沉淀物中,位于美国俄勒冈州沿海。
A gas hydrate (methane clathrate) block embedded in the sediment of hydrate ridge, off Oregon, USA. Click to enlarge this image.
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