Japan has taken it onto itself to come up with a source of green energy which they claim will be able to sustain the country for over a decade! What is this magical source? It’s called Fire Ice!
Fire Ice sounds like a huge oxymoron until you find out more: see, some ice has methane molecules locked into it which can be set afire. This is known as methane hydrate and was discovered in the 1800s, but because they are located in difficult to access places like deep, deep under the oceans, no one has attempted to verify it it could be used for fuel.
Leave it to Japan to do what the rest of the world dares not! They’ve recently announced they they became the first country to remove large amounts of fire ice from seabeds. However, they still need to prove that methane hydrate is able to remain stable and that it can be easily excavated without harming the seabeds.