Climate and methane

Article in the BBC site by their environmental correspondent state that methane hydrate gas bubbling up from the ocean and went on to say< "There is no evidence to say that these methane hydrates are related to conventional gas reservoirs, so there is no evidence to say they are a recoverable resource." This is their expert on the environment and he is not aware that the Japanese have already captured this gas and are planning on making this a usable source of energy since they must import their energy sources. The writer is Matt McGrath and he is an advocate for climate change and promotes solar and wind. It may be cynical but would he prefer not to know about this new source energy that could replace coal and oil and even capture the CO2 it produces?