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To: BrandtMichaels
Great. That's not what I asked... Personally, I think God can have created the universe however he wanted to.

'Splain me the massive amount of hydrocarbons on Titan.

/johnny

32 posted on 06/04/2012 2:26:16 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
In an environment of insufficient oxygen, Methane is the lowest energy state of carbon and hydrogen. A planet/moon forming with insufficient oxygen and sufficient hydrogen & carbon is going to form Methane. If large amounts of carbon exist rather than the 1/4 ratio to hydrogen, then some is going to form ethane.

Titan does not show to have the longer string hydrocarbons we find in crude oil like Paraffins, Naphthenes, Aromatics and Asphaltics. Calling methane and small amounts of ethane hydrocarbons just like our crude oil is being deceptive.

33 posted on 06/04/2012 2:39:51 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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