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To: bluejay
I will use the planets Jupiter and Saturn as examples.

As you stated: 1. Most now do not believe that ancient atmosphere was a predominantly reducing environment (as required by the experiment).

2. The energy requirement for the experiment is tremendous. It is unlikely that early Earth lightning storms would have produced enough energy to generate the vast amounts of organic molecules.

3. Recently, meteorites have been found to contain amino acids. It is unlikely that these compounds were created by the method that Miller proposed.

Item 1:

Even I have the equipment (telescope and spectrometer) at home to study the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. I can identify the major "reducing environment" currently present in the atmosphere of those planets.

Who told you that the Earth did not also have such an environment when it first formed? If not, then why not?

Item 2:

This same experiment has been conducted using the low intensity light, cold temperatures and known gasses present on the planet Mars. Once again, amino acids were produced.

Even in the icy world of Neptune, complex hydrocarbons and amino acids have been found.

Who told you that this molecular reaction of hydrocarbons requires such high energy?

Item 3: Meteorites have been found to contain amino acids. If anything, this confirms how common this chemical reaction is.

Once again, I must seriously question the motives of people who have been telling you this stuff.

75 posted on 12/03/2003 7:55:11 PM PST by Hunble
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To: Hunble
Who told you that the Earth did not also have such an environment when it first formed? If not, then why not?

Miller used methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water. The current thinking is that the early atmosphere had a high carbon dioxide content.(http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/culture/release.cfm?ArticleID=805)

This same experiment has been conducted using the low intensity light, cold temperatures and known gasses present on the planet Mars. Once again, amino acids were produced.

The argument is not about being able to produce some amount of organic compounds. It is about being able to produce enough organic compounds to be able to justify some kind of creation of life model. As far as I know, no such model can be created based on the results of Miller experiment and estimates of electrical activity in ancient atmosphere.

Once again, I must seriously question the motives of people who have been telling you this stuff. [Regarding organic compounds in meteorites.]

Huh. I don't normally question statements coming from NASA (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast20dec_1.htm), but if you have some information that refutes this finding please let us know.
82 posted on 12/03/2003 8:45:49 PM PST by bluejay
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