Also, if this technology works, then the U.S. has an extremely 'green' oil extraction and processing technique. The ideal place to use this is on the last unexploited continent in the world ~ Antarctica. Why else would the U.S. military consider an ice breaking mission to scientific stations so important. "Operation Deep Freeze involves U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army and Coast Guard forces operational and logistic support of the National Science Foundation's scientific research activities in Antarctica."