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Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth
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| February 13, 2008
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Posted on 02/13/2008 11:10:35 AM PST by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald; KevinDavis
Let’s get a space convoy going.
Space ping
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:18:57 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(This is my BOOMSTICK)
To: cizinec
How exactly is it organic? Technically, anything based on carbon compounds is organic. Organic doesn't always have to refer to life, just the carbon. (old dictionaries still have it restricted to based on plants or animals, but the definition has been expanded.)
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:19:30 AM PST
by
mnehring
(Make your plans to fit the circumstances. - General George S. Patton, Jr)
To: liege
All these worlds are your's......
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:19:44 AM PST
by
squidly
To: ClearCase_guy
From what series or realm does this vessel belong to?
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:20:12 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(This is my BOOMSTICK)
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
I suppose the next Jed Clampett will need a ray gun to be “shoot’n at some food,” huh?
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
The Audobon society, which gets large revenues from oil wells on land it owns in Louisiana, will probably object to building a pipline or drilling there because it will destroy the environment. “Oil Drilling on our land and we get the money is good, drilling on others land and them getting the money is bad.”
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:21:02 AM PST
by
GreyFriar
( 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead)
To: cizinec
“How exactly is it organic?”
It’s not a stupid question. Any carbon based molecule is referred to as being “organic”. It does not mean it has to be from a living thing.
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:21:23 AM PST
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: Lurker
I was so hopeful to first to notice it...
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:22:09 AM PST
by
alecqss
To: cizinec
Good question.
“Organic” chemistry, and by extension the use of “organic compounds” as an expression for hydrocarbons is due to the importance of Carbon molecules in living organisms.
They’re not called organic because (for instance) they’re harvested from Chinese prisons and Coma victims, and then sold to the highest bidder. Though that would be cool.
To: cizinec
How exactly is it organic? Fair question: one of the definitions of "organic" is "relating to living matter".
As far as we know that doesn't apply here, and that's probably what led to your question.
But another definition of "organic" is "characterized by continuous or natural development".
That seems more appropriate.
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:23:11 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: wastedyears
From what series or realm does this vessel belong to? The movie Alien.
It's an extraterriestrial organism of peace.
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:24:52 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
Dinosaurs on Titan?
Or, my theory, hydrocarbons are the basic building block of the universe...
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:24:55 AM PST
by
marron
To: Minn
“So does this have any bearing on the debate about whether oil comes from dead plants and animals?”
Absofreakinlutley. This discovery would seem to prove it doesn’t have to.
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:25:04 AM PST
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: cizinec
Generally implies carbon chains and some benzene rings in the chemistry of the compounds found.
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:25:28 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: agere_contra
What’s all this talk about orgasmic chemistry? In my day, we never spoke openly...
Oh, never mind.
- Emily Latella
To: wastedyears
From what series or realm does this vessel belong to?Fragmentary Clue - "In Space, No-one..."
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
They mustta had a alot of dinosaurs up there!
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:26:44 AM PST
by
ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
(To those who believe the world was safer with Saddam, get treatment for that!)
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
AND Yet... no scientists are studing how the natural prodution of hydro carbons is possible.. So that WE can do it.. Might not need fusion if making hydro carbons were easily doable..
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:26:51 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
If we had the technology to get there, we wouldn’t need oil.
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posted on
02/13/2008 11:27:14 AM PST
by
mikeus_maximus
('92, '96', '00', '06: The GOP didn't listen, they're not listening still... perhaps they never will.)
To: KarlInOhio
It's an extraterrestrial organism of peace.LOL. And John Hurt was the first human to appease it.
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