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Titan Has More Oil Than Earth
Space.com ^
| 13 February 2008
| Space.com Staff
Posted on 02/16/2008 8:21:16 AM PST by jmcenanly
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By the time we can make regular runs to Titan, we will be using something more potent than hydrocarbons for energy. Petrochemicals make good feedstocks, however.
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:21:20 AM PST
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jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
Dinosaurs lived on Titan?
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:22:27 AM PST
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DManA
To: DManA
To: jmcenanly
By the time we can make regular runs to Titan, we will be using something more potent than hydrocarbons for energy. Petrochemicals make good feedstocks, however.
Thank you for putting that right out in front. On the other hand we may find other uses for it. Maybe burning it on mars to warm the place up a bit.
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:24:38 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick Opposed to McCain.))
To: jmcenanly
That sure is a poor choice of words Space.com put in the title. Oil is not the same as liquid hydrocarbon.
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:24:59 AM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:25:21 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: jmcenanly
I guess we better hurry up and get there and harvest it before those hydrocarbons evolve into protein and DNA
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:28:30 AM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: jmcenanly
environmentalists will prohibit any further probing of titan lest it may upset the inter-galactic yellow-bellied space snipe which may, or may not, inhabit this frozen wasteland. studies must be commissioned, federal permits issued..we won’t see any oil from titan in my lifetime..:(
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02/16/2008 8:31:00 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info on joining.You DON'T have to ride to belong)
To: DManA
“Dinosaurs lived on Titan?”
Since fossil fuel theory is an absolute and unassailable truth for the eternity, this the only conclusion that will and could be reached: Titan dinosaurs did it.
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:40:27 AM PST
by
alecqss
To: DManA
“Dinosaurs lived on Titan?”
Since fossil fuel theory is an absolute and unassailable truth for the eternity, this the only conclusion that will and could be reached: Titan dinosaurs did it.
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:40:38 AM PST
by
alecqss
To: jmcenanly
Not to nitpick on your title but I think the article is referring to natural gas — not oil...
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:43:36 AM PST
by
John123
(Wahhabism is the best choice for anyone too stupid for scientology...)
To: alecqss
Yes. A scientific consensus has been reached end of discussion - except for those crazy dinosaur deniers.
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:44:58 AM PST
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DManA
To: jmcenanly
How’d the dinosaurs get up there in the first place?
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:45:21 AM PST
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G Larry
(HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
To: G Larry
‘Dinasaurs got Space Shuttles!’
If this story ran in the B.C. comic strip....
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:47:06 AM PST
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G Larry
(HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
To: jmcenanly
Not only was I completely unaware that dinosaurs roamed freely on Titan, but I don't know yet what killed them off!
Poor dinosaurs!
Solar System:2 Dinosaurs: 0
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posted on
02/16/2008 8:48:26 AM PST
by
Logic n' Reason
(Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
To: jmcenanly
Too bad they can’t find a moon somewhere covered with uranium.
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posted on
02/16/2008 9:10:31 AM PST
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mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: jmcenanly
Gas and heating prices would be non-existent if it were feasible to capture the energy there.
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posted on
02/16/2008 9:25:00 AM PST
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(The Constitution does not give me the authority to run your life - Ron Paul)
To: alecqss
Since fossil fuel theory is an absolute and unassailable truth for the eternity, this the only conclusion that will and could be reached: Titan dinosaurs did it.Biogenic formation is the most accepted explanation for the vast majority of petroleum reseves on Earth, mainly because of the presence of biogenic markers. However, abiogenic formation is not only possible but is acknowledged as the origins of several deep-crust deposits of methane and other hyrdocarbon gases.
Considering that Titan's conditions closely match those that are thought to be conducive to the abiogenetic formation of hydrocarbons, and that hyrdogen and carbon are known to be quite ubiquitous throughout the solar system, it is no scientific shock to find lots of petroleum on Titan.
Oh, and the closest thing to an 'absolute and unassailable truth' about 'fossil fuel theory' is that it didn't come from dinosaurs. If you really think that is what scientists say then you obviously don't read anything they write.
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posted on
02/16/2008 9:26:46 AM PST
by
Antonello
(Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
To: jmcenanly
Is all that petro still there since the last thread?
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02/16/2008 9:27:23 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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