Natural gas, which is mostly methane, is a resource that the United States has in abund...

Natural gas, which is mostly methane, is a resource that the United States has in abundance. In principle, ethane can be obtained from methane by the reaction

(a) Calculate or the reaction. Comment on the feasibility of this reaction at

(b) Couple the reaction above with the formation of steam from the elements:

What is the equation for the overall reaction? Comment on the feasibility of the overall reaction.