Scientists Find Mega-Oil Field ... 1,300 Light Years Away

Oil price. ^ | 06 December 2012 | James Burgess

[george76]

Have our wishes been answered? Scientists have found an oil field which contains 200 times more hydrocarbons than there is water on the whole of the Earth.

Time to wave peak oil goodbye forever … but before you do I should probably inform you of the tiny hiccup in any plan to develop this oil field.

It is around 1,300 light years away.

The scientists work at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and using the 30m-telescope of the Institute for Radio Astronomy they discovered a vast cloud of hydrocarbons within the Horse Head Nebula galaxy in the Orion constellation.

[annieokie]

No wonder Obama wants NASA out of business.

[wastedyears]

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s already being mined.

[Las Vegas Ron]

No wonder Obama wants NASA out of business.

LOL!!

And Conservatives say "fire up the flux capacitor!"

[cruise_missile]

Celestial dinosaurs?

The science has been done.

[DManA]

Dead space dinosaurs.

[Ironfocus]

And the Obama EPA rushed to finalize anti-outer-space drilling regulations as soon as this was announced.

[ez]

Cloud of hydrocarbons...a disintegrated planet? The oceans and life now floating in space?

[Political Junkie Too]

...within the Horse Head Nebula galaxy...

So, is it a nebula or a galaxy?

-PJ

[TigersEye]

[TWhiteBear]

I got a Texas buddy who will pay 1/8 royalty and 6% severance tax to get a lease on this thing. It may take a while to work out but I think he can do it. I'm in for a 3% override on the remaining 87.5% working interest.
Which direction is this field from Texas?
TWB

[HenpeckedCon]

How long would it take it to get there at warp 9?

[mikrofon]

There is no "Horse Head Nebula" galaxy ... typical "science" journalism.

[annieokie]

And Conservatives say "fire up the flux capacitor!"

LOL right back at ya. lol

That OIL could just as well be in the GRAND CANYON, we ain't gettin it.

[Big Horn]

The only limits of hydrocarbons here on earth are technology and money.Maybe half we will never harvest.

[King Moonracer]

Eddore???

[TexasTransplant]

Paging Algore

This is what is causing Global Warming, TAX THEM

TT

Carbon Credits for all Earthlings!

[Eye of Unk]

Acrew that, oil is the past, what you want is He3.

Helium 3.

[Rappini]

I’ll wait.

[Wpin]

I am a bit skeptical of this report...

[Lancey Howard]

Wow, that’s a lot of decayed dinosaurs.

[Las Vegas Ron]

That OIL could just as well be in the GRAND CANYON, we ain't gettin it.

Yep, glad I didn't have to go back and clarify that post lest it be misconstrued.

[teacherwoes]

I’m sure any aliens who dare to drill for oil will be fined for polluting the universe.

[rbg81]

When (If) we harness the technology to get there, running out of oil will be the least of our concerns.

[RandallFlagg]

So, is it a nebula or a galaxy?

It's a nebulaxy.

[edh]

“When (If) we harness the technology to get there, running out of oil will be the least of our concerns.”

Very true. However, it would horrify liberals. That makes it worthwhile :-).

[TruthWillWin]

That would be a hell of a pipeline project that would create lots of jobs.

[sten]

if oil is produced by plant and animal life... what does this mean?

or does this mean plant and animal life isnt required for the process?

[Windflier]

"...200 times more hydrocarbons than there is water on the whole of the Earth."

That's a helluva lot of extraterrestrial dinosaurs. /s

[Windflier]

if oil is produced by plant and animal life... what does this mean? or does this mean plant and animal life isnt required for the process?

[roadcat]

if oil is produced by plant and animal life... what does this mean?
or does this mean plant and animal life isnt required for the process?

It means dinosaurs invented warp travel before us, but their smog doomed them.

I have always suspected that the planet regenerates it's own oil fields. They appear to replenish themselves.

[rbg81]

What really horrifies Liberals about space travel is that it opens up a whole new frontier. One that is infinite and will likely never be conquered. When new planets are being colonized, there won’t be a lot of room for Liberal fantasies, silly laws, or PC. And I’ll bet the colonists won’t like paying taxes either.

[okie01]

That's a helluva lot of extraterrestrial dinosaurs. /s

And, actually, that's a helluva cogent point.

In this case, we have to assume, don't we, that the hydrocarbons appeared as a natural product -- without benefit of giant reptiles or pre-historic ferns?

[razorback-bert]

Which direction is this field from Texas?

Up.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Well obviously they mustta had dinosaurs up there!

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Dang you beat me and thought this out A LOT better than me!

[absalom01]

44 years, according to the Star Trek Writer’s guide, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Why did I feel compelled to look that up?

[Redcitizen]

So thats where Ellen Ripley and the Weyland- Yutani Corporation have been getting their hydrocarbons.

[Redcitizen]

[silverleaf]

kinda far away for “fossil fuel”, isn’t it?

[silverleaf]

it means oil is abiotic

Nikolai Alexandrovitch Kudryavtsev may be right

[FreeAtlanta]

If true, this shows how wrong the term “fossil fuels” in describing all our carbon fuels.

I am convinced that our “fossil” fuels are being generated by our huge furnace that starts a few miles below the surface of the earth. It is just too much of it to have been all produced by plants and animals.

[stboz]

The question becomes “When do we reach “minimum oxygen”?”

[Windflier]

In this case, we have to assume, don't we, that the hydrocarbons appeared as a natural product -- without benefit of giant reptiles or pre-historic ferns?

I think it's becoming more and more clear that that is the case.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

EARTH FIRST!

(We'll drill the other planets later.)

PING!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

EARTH FIRST!

(We'll drill the other planets later.)

PING!

[sten]

that would be the obvious conclusion

and would also put to rest the theory that rotting plants and animals created oil (why so much in the middle east... while not as much in south america? that one never made sense)

next issue would be... is it generated through intense pressure and various minerals, or is there a finite amount the earth started with.

i’d imagine being generated by some process... which leads to the trillion dollar question...

can oil be created and if so... how

[Yehuda]

Give it to the sand-nazis for free, but on the condition they ALL MOVE THERE TOMORROW.

[HenpeckedCon]

Thank you FRiend. I knew someone here would have an answer. Live long and prosper!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks george76.

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