Were dinosaurs done in by gas?

Discovery ^ | May 19, 2009 | Michael Reilly

[decimon]

When a giant asteroid slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula 65 million years ago, the results were devastating: rock and ocean water vaporized, searing debris flung into outer space, and a smoldering hole in the Earth almost 75 miles wide.

Scientists debate whether the cataclysm was enough to wipe out the dinosaurs. But a new set of experiments shows the impact produced a huge amount of carbon monoxide, a compound commonly found in car exhaust. The sudden pulse of gas may have been enough to cause a large spike in global temperatures, and trigger a mass extinction.

[ApplegateRanch]

Why should they shut up to satisfy you?

Because they are agenda driven a-holes, employed by pressure groups, using their conjectures as a scare tactic that has nothing to do with actual science or use of the scientific method, with the sole purpose to influence public opinion via the press?

Did you bother to read the "*" note at the bottom?

Does the meaning (words DO have meaning) of the actual statement go over your head?

Conjecture, speculation, and debate are great; however, a hypothesis has to be testable, or is is just conjecture, and should not be presented as anything else...and in such a case any educated guess is as good as any other, so should not, in the press, be presented as 'authoritative'.

Also, it was a comment upon comments, not necessarily the presentation in the article that elicited the comments.

[pabianice]

I had one of these (used): 1974 Sedan De Ville

6,000 pounds of Detroit steel. Once a month I scrapped the Pintos and Toyotas out of the wheel wells. I had to look through the steering wheel to see forward. 472 Cubic inch V-8. 9 mpg city, 11 highway. 40 gallon fuel tank. THAT was a car!