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Martian Methane May Be Created By Lifeforms
Following our recent discussions about the growing evidence pointing to possible life on Mars, reader skywatcher2501 writes with news of a study that has ruled out one possible explanation for the levels of methane seen on that planet — that it might be replenished by disintegrating meteors entering the atmosphere. So two theories remain: either the gas is created as a by-product of reactions between volcanic rock and water, or it is a by-product of a lifeform's metabolism.
They are farting methane and causing Martian Warming!!!!!!
I say we put a carbon tax on them, maybe after not collecting any monies from them for a few decades, the U.N. will get serious about sending someone to Mars, even if it is only to send someone with a sternly worded letter....
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
Absolutely. They could teach us a lot. They would probably tell us that their planet did adopt the Martian Climate Summit resolution. But unfortunately the mammal's flatulent emissions were not taxed at a high enough rate to cancel out the anal footprint. A heavier tax burden would have surely enabled them to control their atmosphere's methane pollution.
If only the IPCC members had such depth of insight.
You probably should read up on why oxidation is very unlikely to be the cause.
From someone who has read the data and paper, you just look look and ignorant arrogant ass trying to find a way to jab at the fact that the amount of carbon man is throwing into the atmosphere is impacting global temperature.
Extra funny since 2009 looks like it might be the warmest period on record.
Titan, which is quite a bit smaller than Mars, has an atmosphere 1.5 times as dense as Earths.
Titan is also twice as massive as Mercury however, and definitely larger than both Earth or Mercury (thou only by ~1000km on its diameter), which would further back up the GP stating the atmosphere is held in more by a gravity well than a magnetic field.
And ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the argumentum ad hominem.
Let us take a moment to ponder this posters ability to take a tone of superiority, all the while unawares of the stupendous amount of ignorance being displayed by his own statement.
Truly a remarkable creature.
It's fine to attack a person instead of his argument when that person reads Free Republic or any other extreme right wing, racist libertarian nonsense. Because you see, that person is scum. They're never going to change their views because the American education system (or home schooling more likely) has left them without the ability to learn. So tell me, why not attack the person? If you did it more often, preferably with those guns you love so much, your country wouldn't be quite so fucked. Good luck with your next civil war. I hope both sides lose. Death to America.