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Titan's Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth

Posted by samzenpus on from the black-gold-titan-tea dept.

jcgam69 writes "Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes."

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  1. Don't tell the president by Yossarian45793 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nobody tell George W Bush about this or we'll be spending a fortune on a space invasion...

  2. Re:Big deal by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    hydrocarbons are good for lots of things besides fuel, numbnuts.

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  3. Re:Mars? by iamhassi · · Score: 0, Troll

    "I think we chose the wrong planet for a mission. We need to go to Saturn.."

    so how long before we find WMDs on Saturn and we invade?

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  4. Hydrocarbons, without Dinosaurs? by coldmist · · Score: 0, Troll

    Has anybody else heard of abiogenic hydrocarbons?

    One more example that oil probably didn't come from decomposing plants and dead dinosaurs.

    I'm really surprised more people don't know about abiogenic oil.

    Pop quiz: How much plant/animal matter would it take to make a gallon of oil, using pressure as most people think of how oil is made? Now, how many billions of gallons of oil are there? See the problem?

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