Posted on 05/24/2022 9:03:16 AM PDT by re_tail20
“In its simplest form, the theory is that carbon present in the magma beneath the crust reacts with hydrogen to form methane as well as a raft of other mainly alkane hydrocarbons. The reactions are more complicated than this, with several intermediate stages. Particular mineral rocks such as granite and other silicon based rocks act as catalysts, which speed up the reaction without actually becoming involved or consumed in the process.
Experiments have shown that under extreme conditions of heat and pressure it is possible to convert iron oxide, calcium carbonate and water into methane, with hydrocarbons containing up to 10 carbon atoms being produced by Russian scientists last century and confirmed in recent US experiments. The absence of large quantities of free gaseous oxygen in the magma prevents the hydrocarbons from burning and therefore forming the lower energy state molecule carbon dioxide. The conditions present in the Earth’s mantle would easily be sufficient for these small hydrocarbon chains to polymerise into the longer chain molecules found in crude oil.”
http://viewzone.com/abioticoilx.html
In the early 1970s my uncle was tasked by the Governor of Colorado to be the handler for the (new) EPA representatives who were trying to implement environmental rules for highway building. They’d be on a construction site, and my uncle would put his arm around the guy, then point to something else, saying, “How about that! Let’s go see what’s going on over there...” Then he’d drive the guy back to the airport and make sure got on a plane.
The national highway system could not be built today.
The new body styles on all GM, Ford Dodge full sizes are ones I don’t care for.
There’s nothing wrong with developing walkable cities and walkable towns and walkable neighborhoods.
I actually think that’s an awesome thing, to be able to walk to school, to work, to a restaurant, to a grocery store, to the coffee shop, to a bookstore.
At the same time, looking down on those who drive cars, seeing them as “part of the problem,” is woke, virtue signaling garbage.
What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?
“What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?”
The beginning of a good thing!
There is something wrong with someone who thinks life and humanity should be orchestrated to their whim.
Many years ago I attended a County Zoning Commission hearing about taking an old railroad right-of-way and making it into a "green space" jogging trail with floating a bond to pay for it. I stood up and attempted to berate those who wanted to force hard working individuals who had no time to waste to pay for their frivolous notions. That went over like a lead balloon.
The Silver Comet Trail became a reality.
Linda Turnipseed, a Fulton County Schools police officer who lives in Dallas, said she was not surprised when she learned of Tuesday’s incident.The Silver Comet Trail: How safe is it?She and her friend, Cory Spencer, who also lives in Dallas, said they walk the trail about three times a week and spent Wednesday morning walking along the same stretch where the woman was attacked the night before.
“I see a lot of women out here walking by themselves. Even in the daytime, I think they should not do that. It’s dangerous,” Turnipseed said. “If you’re by yourself, like right now, and the trail is isolated, and there’s a predator out here in the day time and nobody’s on the trail, you can be taken.”
Turnipseed said she is not afraid to spend time on the trail because she carries her gun in her bag when she heads out for a walk.
She said such attacks have become so commonplace lone walkers should always be on high alert.
And buried in only a certain kind of rock formation, a half mile under the surface.
That model works in some wealthier neighborhoods. I live near a major university district. Over the last 15 years or so I have lost 2 walkable grocery stores. If I want fresh food I have to drive. At 60+ years of age I am not taking a 6 mile bike ride on crappy streets with heavy traffic to get fresh food. Ditto for the bus. It is likely to take 3 hours for a round trip to the grocery store. F that..
#15 The theory requires that dinosaurs travel to mass graves before they die.
Elephants do this. I once saw a documentary by Tarzan about this.
Aerodynamics and the demand for better fuel efficiency ensures that most cars will end up looking alike. There is an optimum shape and most cars are going to use that.
That said cars are lackluster and boring. They are all shaped alike and for some reason everyone wants the same dull lifeless colors. Yuck. Try sitting by the interstate and counting the white cars as they whiz by.
Yes elephants do. But every species of dinosaur? It would take that to create the oil pools we have found.
As someone trying to put off double knee-replacement surgery as long as possible, while working a job that keeps me on my feet, on concrete, for 8 hours, I am not the least bit interested in walking to get my groceries.
And eliminating private auto use is not about being "woke;" it's about control.
Dinosaurs do this too. I once saw a documentary by Fred Flintstone about this.
Riding a bus, subway or interurban is like taking a walk in southside Chicago after dark if your skin is light colored.
1930 all over again. People might have moved across country but when the family settled in they stayed. Thirty miles to a city was a big deal.
Well we keep finding it below the fossil layers so it is coming from somewhere.
Ugh... this half-assed non-sense again. At some point expanding highways gets to the point of diminishing returns, once that point is reached other options must be considered.
Pet peeves about the anti-car non-sense, if you are going to remove the ability to park cars, the ability for those who work and live in the area to get their daily needs and get to and from work must be preserved. Put bluntly before blocking roads, and removing parking lots, make sure the public transportation is actually useful.
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