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Methane-producing mineral discovered on Mars
Nature News ^
| 27 March 2009
| Eric Hand
Posted on 03/28/2009 4:20:07 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: B-Chan
It would be maddening to discover oil and gas reserves on Mars. Knowing it was there with no way to utilize it would be incredibly frustrating.
To: B-Chan
Wouldn’t it be wild if Mars were found to contain vast reserves of oil and natural gas?and our congress bans it drilling there before we can get there.
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03/28/2009 5:29:22 PM PDT
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Raycpa
To: prisoner6
possible to create oil from methane using high temp and pressure High temperatures and pressures break down oil into smaller molecules, not the opposite.
We do it in refineries today; it is called thermal cracking. We use it to break down more of the heavy hydrocarbons into lighter ones like those in gasoline and diesel.
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03/28/2009 7:15:35 PM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: neverdem
Aren’t serpentine and olivine both basically forms of jade?
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03/28/2009 7:18:30 PM PDT
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djf
(If Congress was a business, they'd all be in jail by now...)
To: neverdem
On Earth the gas is made mostly by animals as a by-product — although it can also be produced naturally in the absence of life2.
Most of the methane percolating up from deep within the earth both on land and at sea is from abiogenic sources.
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03/28/2009 7:20:40 PM PDT
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aruanan
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Thanks neverdem. Panspermia subtopic.
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03/29/2009 4:15:55 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
(No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
To: neverdem
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03/29/2009 4:30:07 PM PDT
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Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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03/29/2009 6:03:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: neverdem
Hogland at Enterprisemission.com has some interesting articles on the mars-methane-life link.
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03/30/2009 8:23:40 AM PDT
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BlueStateBlues
(Blue State for business, Red State at heart.........2012--can't come soon enough.)
To: neverdem
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03/30/2009 5:51:19 PM PDT
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LiberConservative
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