中国找到“未来能源”了吗？北京取得了在南海四千英尺海底开采可燃冰的里程碑胜利 [英国媒体]

Has China found the 'energy of the future'? Beijing claims landmark success in mining flammable ice 4,000ft under South China Sea

中国找到“未来能源”了吗？北京称在南海4000英尺的海底开采到可燃冰是里程碑式的胜利



China has successfully mined flammable ice at sea after nearly two decades of research work. 

在经历20年的研究工作后北京成功的在海底开采到了天然气水合物（可燃冰）

The flammable ice was discovered in the South China Sea in 2007. 

2007年在南海发现了可燃冰。

According to Chinese state run Xinhua, one cubic metre of combustible ice is equal to 164 cubic metres of natural regular gas. 

据新华社报道，1立方米可燃冰可释放出164立方米天然气。



Minister of Land and Resources Jiang Daming announced the success on May 18. The mining site was located in the Shenhu area of the South China Sea, 320 kilometres of the coast of Zhuhai City. 

国土资源部长姜大明5月18号宣布了这个消息。开采地点位于南海的神狐海域，距离珠海市320公里。

The trial mining started on March 28  at a depth of 4,153 feet. During the trial, around 16,000 cubic metres of gas was extracted each day. 

这次试采始于3月28号，深度4153英尺。期间，每天开采的天然气达到1.6万立方米。

The methane content was up to 99.5 percent of natural gas. 

甲烷含量高达99.5%。










Mavrick
You can also call this opening Pandora's box. This has been known for decades. There is a reason it remains on the ocean floor!

你也可以称之为打开了潘多拉盒子。几十年前就已经知道有这种东西了。没人去开采是有原因的！

Windchime
Buh bye Saudis

再见沙特。

DWalla
I've got gas.

我能放屁。

AlCar
Not half as good as our transparent aluminum.

和我们的透明铝没得比。

Stefan L. Addams
I'd be more impressed if they found freezable fire. 

如果他们发现了冻火，那才是厉害。

Jeff-M
Don't be surprised if that ridiculous "9-dash" line that China uses to support it's asinine claim to whole South China Sea just happens to mirror the extent of the methane hydrate deposits.

如果中国那愚蠢的九段线刚好反映了可燃冰的储量范围的话不要感到吃惊哦。

Coldhero72
Thus the reason for them building the artificial island and military bases. All becomes clear.

所以他们才建造人工岛和军事基地，真相大白。

Hari Seldon
Wrong the energy of the future is Fusion, not this carbon dioxide producing disaster in waiting.

错了，核聚变才是能源的未来，而不是这个会导致灾难发生的二氧化碳。

QuantumQuasar -> Hari Seldon
CO2 is not toxic one the funniest things I've ever heard. Might I suggest you try breathing it in from a tank and prove your theory that it is not toxic. Practically everything is toxic in the right dosage.

二氧化碳无毒，这是我听过的最搞笑的事情了。你去池塘吸吸看来证明你的理论。实际上任何东西只要吸入一定的量都是有毒的。

Jump2000 -> Hari Seldon
QuantumQuasar, it's not toxic except in very high concentrations. But we have a long way to go before we get there. And we would, it seems, benefit from higher concentrations of it than we have, given that plants thrive on it.

除非浓度很高，否则就是没毒的。但是要想达到那么高的浓度，还不容易。而貌似我们能从较高浓度的二氧化碳中获得好处，因为植物需要二氧化碳。

Pat Daly
Do they teach any science in school over there these days? Hate to break it to you, but this is hardly new, hardly "simple" or safe. This is what Deepwater Horizon broke into and is what pressurized the well. You had better be VERY sure and VERY careful around this stuff. Of course, with China doing it, what could possibly go wrong?

他们在学校里不教科学吗？这实在不是什么新玩意，也不简单，亦不安全。“深水地平线”钻井平台就被这玩意渗入了，这玩意也是给钻井加压用的。所以在面对这种物质时要非常非常小心。当然，如果是中国，会发生什么意外呢？

Jim-in-NM -> Pat Daly
Yep. methane hydrates exist on ocean bottoms all over the world. Upsetting the structure of those deposits could cause "blowouts" of ocean bottoms that cover several square miles. Like a crack in glass that propagates uncontrollably, this stuff can fracture too. 

是的，甲烷水合物存在于全世界的海底。破坏这些沉积物结构将导致延绵好几平方英里的海床爆裂，就像玻璃的一个裂缝会导致不断扩散一样，这玩意也会破裂开来。

OLJW00
This is great! The world needs a lot MORE energy moving forward....and an 'All of the Above' approach is the answer.

好消息阿！世界需要更多能源，而上诉的方法就是答案。

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8
As more things that may benefit any country are being found in South China Sea, the tension grows.

随着南海发现的宝贝越来越多，该地区的局势会变得越来越紧张。

Randal Rhodes
Great! Let's turn another carbon sink back into gas. Good plan.

很棒！让我们将另一个碳汇转变成天然气。好计划。（碳汇，是指通过植树造林、森林管理、植被恢复等措施，利用植物光合作用吸收大气中的二氧化碳，并将其固定在植被和土壤中，从而减少温室气体在大气中浓度的过程、活动或机制。）

MCLoweDallas -> Randal Rhodes
HA! How quaint. Carbon sink. You still buy that AGW B.S., dude???? The reign of the left is OVER!

哈，多么离奇有趣。碳汇。你还在相信“人为全球变暖”的谎言？左派的统治已经结束了！

porchhound
So we don't focus on actually reducing our energy consumption....lets find more sources!

所以我们的关注点不在于减少能源消耗。。。让我们找到更多的能源！

RealityCheck -> porchhound
Given the fact that our species continues to multiply, and that it depends on energy sources to support our needs, your comment leaves more questions than answers.

考虑到我们人类数量在继续增加的事实，依靠能源才能满足我们的需求，所以你的评论让人产生了更多疑问。

Attilashrugs -> porchhound
Why should ?we? reduce our consumption? It is not warming. When it was rising briefly it obviously was not due to CO2 emissions which have only continued to increase. Temperature on Mars was slightly higher for a while too. IT IS THE SUN! And climate always changes. It is the perfect pitch to con the gullible ?the sky is falling!?. 

为什么要减少能源消耗？全球根本没有变暖。气温稍微上升并不是二氧化碳排放导致的，而二氧化碳排放在继续增加。火星上的气温也升高了好长一段时间了。是太阳导致的！而且气候总是不断变化的。这个把戏是用来欺骗那些容易上当的人。天空在崩塌。