Oh... but it just gets worse... Check out this article from Reuters... If large "Dead Zones" do appear we could be in even more trouble... "Methane in Gulf "astonishingly high": U.S. scientist Reuters) - As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday. exas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are "astonishingly high." Kessler's crew took measurements of both surface and deep water within a 5-mile (8 kilometer) radius of BP's broken wellhead. "There is an incredible amount of methane in there," Kessler told reporters in a telephone briefing. In some areas, the crew of 12 scientists found concentrations that were 100,000 times higher than normal. "We saw them approach a million times above background concentrations" in some areas, Kessler said. The scientists were looking for signs that the methane gas had depleted levels of oxygen dissolved in the water needed to sustain marine life. "At some locations, we saw depletions of up to 30 percent of oxygen based on its natural concentration in the waters. At other places, we saw no depletion of oxygen in the waters. We need to determine why that is," he told the briefing. Methane occurs naturally in sea water, but high concentrations can encourage the growth of microbes that gobble up oxygen needed by marine life. Kessler said oxygen depletions have not reached a critical level yet, but the oil is still spilling into the Gulf, now at a rate of as much as 60,000 barrels a day, according to U.S. government estimates. "What is it going to look like two months down the road, six months down the road, two years down the road?" he asked. Methane, a natural gas, dissolves in seawater and some scientists think measuring methane could give a more accurate picture of the extent of the oil spill. Kessler said his team has taken those measurements, and is hoping to have an estimate soon. "Give us about a week and we should have some preliminary numbers on that," he said." (Editing by Maggie Fox) http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L6IA20100622
My use of the words "pure fantasy" have to do with the commercial viability of extracting intergalactic hydrocarbons. Not the existence of gases on Titan. You know what it costs to bring back a couple rocks from our own moon? Titan is a wee bit farther away.
Yeah Misthos ... I recall level headed perception in numbers of your posts before ... I just posted what someone else wrote. Kinda weak and seriously off in several parts. I figured that many shifurbrains opinionated peeps would crap themselves regardless. So why be all engaged with serious heavy proof. They would still have the same shifurbrains reactions. The whole intention was stimulation towards opening peoples thoughts up to the simple idea of there being abiotic oil and strong efforts to create an energy economy and currency. The proofs are overwhelming for both. More so for the energy economy issue however. <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/sdi8i9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
Big oil could always warehouse abiotic oil or drag their feet where refining it is concerned. Theyve been doing that all along anyway.