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- Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Iapetus: Black and white? White and black? (APOD 14 Sep 07)
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- Mon May 28, 2007 11:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: A Hole in Mars (APOD 28 May 2007)
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Black spot on Mars
The "black spot" looks like a tar pit! If there is oil on Mars, then it is certain that oil is an accululation product from planet formation and is not the product of plant decay. The implications for Man are immense. Our resources of oil are much larger than thought. (There could also be ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:52 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Oil on the Moon?
- Replies: 31
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oil on the moon
I agree that petroleum on the moon would be useless. The point is to establish the origin of petrolieum, with implications for the supply on earth.
Has anyone actually looked for tar pits on the Moon?
Has anyone actually looked for tar pits on the Moon?
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:18 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Oil on the Moon?
- Replies: 31
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Oil on the Moon?
There is a theory of the source of oil called deep oil which suggests that oil is a conglomerate of hydrocarbon atoms which exist in interstellar space and that the oil deposits of the earth were gathered during planet formation and not by the rotting of vegetation (this theory is called peak oil). ...