[Concept] Siberian methane combustion quadrocopter mosquito

[robin_]

This video



just gave me an idea how to weaken the greenhouse effect of methane being released from perma-frost. The idea is basically to build swarms of methane consuming quadrocopters that combust the methane into the weaker greenhouse gas CO2 (and water vapor). Something like this:



It would detect methane leaks with a Telpos Hyper-Cam Methane. The needle could possibly be made of a light heat resistant plastic or carbon-carbon composite fibers.

Perhaps other designs are conceivable, for example a very light, gliding aircraft that simply pierces the ground, ignites the methane directly and uses the explosion for uplift.

[unitedatoms]

You can drive over ice on the truck for miles in winter there. There is also a history of seasonal temporary rail roads put on top of the ice. The plastic mosquito has to be 5 ton may be to fall from 100 m to break that ice of this thickness.