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Offline Kosh

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Other planets have hydrocarbons
on: March 07, 2008, 12:59:25 am
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=814


Turns out that Titan has massive amounts of hydrocarbons.
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Offline Ford Prefect

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #1 on: March 07, 2008, 01:39:22 am
Oh god damn it. I really don't want to go to war with Titan.
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Offline Hellstryker

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #2 on: March 07, 2008, 01:42:41 am
Quote from: Ford Prefect on March 07, 2008, 01:39:22 am
Oh god damn it. I really don't want to go to war with Titan.

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Offline Turambar

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #3 on: March 07, 2008, 01:49:53 am
probably cheaper than iraq...
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Offline Flipside

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #4 on: March 07, 2008, 01:55:42 am
I'm sure I've read about theories regarding 'Methane Seas' etc on Titan before....
 

Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #5 on: March 07, 2008, 02:02:13 am
I think this is more about their quantity and variety than their existence.
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Offline perihelion

Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #6 on: March 07, 2008, 08:55:03 am
I would hope so, because we've known about hydrocarbons on Titan for decades.  Not to mention the fact that methane and ammonia are two of the greatest constituents of all the gas giants in our system.  On Neptune, the atmospheric methane content was estimated at around 1.5%.  You want to talk about a virtually unlimited "fossil" fuel supply?  Cloud City, here we come!
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #7 on: March 07, 2008, 10:52:04 am
Quote from: Kosh on March 07, 2008, 12:59:25 am
Turns out that Titan has massive amounts of hydrocarbons.

I'm not really sure how this is news, we've known for a long time that a great deal of Titan's surface is covered with seas of liquid hydrocarbons. (This actually makes it one of the better canidates for having life in the solar system, after of course Earth and Europa.)
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Offline BloodEagle

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #8 on: March 07, 2008, 11:17:09 am
It'll look real pretty when someone lights a smoke.  ;7
 

Offline perihelion

Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #9 on: March 07, 2008, 11:32:09 am
Not really, unless you plan to bring your own oxygen.

I think that was a cute plot element in a story I read once that was supposed to take place on Titan.  If you wanted to make fire, you could, but your lighter would need to be filled with oxygen instead of butane.  I want to say this was one of Paul McAuley's stories, but I can't for the life of me remember which one.
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Offline Fearless Leader

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Re: Other planets have hydrocarbons
Reply #10 on: March 12, 2008, 08:39:03 pm
Quote from: Ford Prefect on March 07, 2008, 01:39:22 am
Oh god damn it. I really don't want to go to war with Titan.


lol, I know somebody that owns a Titan, lets just take his gas :yes:
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