[Flavius]

peak oil no more nice

Turns out Noah's Ark was an ufo

[Brilliant]

And? I hope they did not spend too much money figuring that out. It’s been known for decades, and anyone with a brain could have figured it out without even checking.

[cmsgop]

[arderkrag]

Have they been throughout the Universe? No? Ok, then.

[BereanBrain]

When I was on the order of 7 years old or so, I learned that jupiter, saturn and venus all have hydrocarbon atmospheres.

Complex “organic” molecules.

This is bad (junk) science. Somebody is trolling for $$$$.

[MCCC]

prove it is not true....that is the scientific method. proving it is true is religion.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

You are of the body. It is the will of Landru.

[Stosh]

They’re making a big deal about finding PAH’s (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).

Well, unless you use a high-efficiency incinerator, you get PAH’s to some extent pretty much anytime you burn anything. So it’s not like you need a complex living organism (or even a penny-ante living organism) to get PAH’s - you just need a source of carbon, a source of hydrogen, and high temperatures.

Shouldn’t be too tough to find those in regions in space where stars are forming.

[roadcat]

Immanuel Velikovsky, in his work Worlds in Collision published in 1950, theorized that complex hydrocarbons are plentiful in outer space. He also thought that the stuff has rained down on Earth in the past, both before and during human existence on Earth. Most scientists thought he was mad, but a lot of his theories about Venus and other planets have been proven true.

Velikovsky also thought that electromagnetic forces might somehow play a greater role to counteract gravity and orbital mechanics. One idea is a scenario where stars are powered not by internal nuclear fusion, but by galactic-scale electrical discharge currents. If he is right, unforeseen galactic discharges could trigger a sequence resulting in oil raining down on Earth. (Hopefully not in the middle east next time!)