Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so it might be less harmful to burn it (converting it into CO2) than to let it escape into the

Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so it might be less harmful to burn it (converting it into CO2) than to let it escape into the atmosphere intact. But we might not have enough time to dig it all up and burn it before the clathrate gun goes off anyway.