[Lurker]

So we can safely say that Hubers Pimple has been popped?

And how does one account for all that 'natural gas' which is on Titan?

L

[Smokin' Joe]

As far as "peak Oil", phooey. I am sitting on a wellsite tapping a reservoir estimated to contain between 100 and 500 Billion bbl of oil as I type this, and we are using technology which was unavailable when I started in the oil industry in '79.

The USGS will not conduct their formal estimate until 2007-8, and we have been drilling wells in this for the past 6 years. Maybe someday we will 'run out', but we are not there yet.

As for Titan, methane origin is somewhat explained here. No critters are believed to be involved, but then, there are no producing oil wells on Titan, either. (Longer chain hydrocarbons are believed to not be present.)

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

And how does one account for all that 'natural gas' which is on Titan?

This is an absurd statement you realize right? There are lots of ways to produce methane. No one argues to the contrary.

[beyond the sea]

how does one account for all that 'natural gas' which is on Titan?

cows?