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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by 0xfaded on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:44PM (#14378798)
The commonly cited 20-25 multiplier takes into account the half-life of methane. If the methane didn't beak down the multiplier would be 130-140.
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Re:China claims breakthrough in mining 'flammable ice' by setr on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:14PM (#14379733)
why wouldn't you want to take the half life into account
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