[add925]

Take CH4, methane, pressurize it and heat in in an oxygen free environment for a few huundred million years

Bingo....Titan proves the existence of massive amounts of CH4 in our solar system, and most likely, many others.

I vote for Methanol....tap the Bermuda Triangle (where we can only guess how much is below the surface).

Ahhh, nothin' like the smell of Methanol in the morning, especially at a dirt track.

[ovrtaxt]

Okay- we'll put you down in the 'Titanic Farting Cows Theory' column.

This debate just keeps getting more interesting!

[carumba]

So lets all search the world for abiotic ethanol. Perhaps DeSoto was searching for such a spring and the legend was corrupted to a search for the fountain of youth.