NOTE: Nit-Picky Engineer Mode ON...
> The reason is that the moon is so cold that gases like methane and ethane are near their condensation point.
Actually... The reason that methane and ethane are near their condensation point is because the moon is so cold.
>I.e., don't light a match!
Light a match all you want. Titan has little to no free oxygen, thus, there'd be no combustion.
Arggh. That's what I meant to write.
Light a match all you want. Titan has little to no free oxygen, thus, there'd be no combustion.
Details, details. (That is, of course, true -- I was being humorous, but at the same time, I didn't think about that particular fact.)
Well, technically, there'd be no oxidation if you lit a match.
(Since, as you pointed out, there's little/no free oxygen.)
But other things "combust" (combine rapidly and exothermically) in other ways in other environments.
My thoughts, exactly. No oxygen, no combustion.