It's raining methane :whistle:

[destrekor]

methane

It's raining methane.
In a desert, no less.

Not here though. Out there.

We're only going to find stranger things the more we look out there.

 

[aigomorla]

methane

It's raining methane.
In a desert, no less.

Not here though. Out there.

We're only going to find stranger things the more we look out there.

remind me never to smoke on saturn.

 

[ElFenix]

since methane obviously exists elsewhere why do we assume that oil has to be old algae muck buried amidst ancient seabeds and swamps?

 

[aigomorla]

since methane obviously exists elsewhere why do we assume that oil has to be old algae muck buried amidst ancient seabeds and swamps?

wait.. i thought it was the dead carcasses of dinosaurs millions of years ago. 😛

 

[destrekor]

since methane obviously exists elsewhere why do we assume that oil has to be old algae muck buried amidst ancient seabeds and swamps?

Well... wait, what?

Oil can be made up of lots of things, and more importantly, can be a mixture of numerous different hydrocarbons.

Oil is what it is because of how it got to be what it is. ... :hmm: 😕

it's hardly the only route to obtaining hydrocarbons.

Cows produce methane, we produce methane.

Uranus has a large amount of methane. :sneaky: For real.


To put it another way:
I'm 😕

 

[Gibsons]

remind me never to smoke on saturn.

It would be very difficult considering there's no O2.

 

[Ichinisan]

remind me never to smoke on saturn.

Does methane burn without oxygen?

It would be very difficult considering there's no O2.

Guess not.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Not Titan, but you'll get the idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQHIp5wLn0

 

[ElFenix]

Well... wait, what?

i'm under the impression that geologists current best-theory is that the oil we pump was created from living things and not from other processes. i'm wondering why that is the theory rather than, say, something left from planet formation.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

i'm under the impression that geologists current best-theory is that the oil we pump was created from living things and not from other processes. i'm wondering why that is the theory rather than, say, something left from planet formation.

Oil is found in the crust which has been turned over many times since the Earth was formed. It would have been churned into the hot mantle and not be here any longer.