Methane hydrates could provide a lot of energy for us to use. Outline the reasons that these resources

are not yet being used. What will be an ideal response?


No one knows if methane hydrates can be effectively recovered. Methane is a greenhouse gas, 10
times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. So using methane hydrates could seriously
increase global warming

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A girl pulls on a 10-kg wagon with a constant force of 30 N. What is the wagon's acceleration in meters per second squared?

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