Titan hydrocarbons ARE NOT fossil fuels
In Titan, satellite of Saturn there are much more hydrocarbons than in Earth
(and temperature is approximately 180 degrees below zero)
The knowledge gained from recent space exploration, with images and interplanetary probes and the data obtained through the Hubble Space Telescope and new ground-based telescopes, allow us to look at our planet with a different perspective
The
new information has provided elements to revise the present approach.
However these data has not yet reached to the entire scientific
community, due to the inertia that permeates the academic-scientific
apparatus, with its heavy burden of individual and corporate
interests, positions of power and limelight opportunities.
However,
in many these contributions have begun to deeply remove the
traditional view of geological processes in general and specifically
the generation of hydrocarbon..
Information
gathered to date shows the relationship of the various bodies of the
solar system and the similarity of the processes that gave rise to
them. These data tendsto confirm the theory of accretion forming
through the agglomeration of planets, planetoids and comets. It
has also been found that the warming of these bodies occurred after
their initial constitution as a result of the effect of gravitational
contraction and the radioactivity of certain elements.
It
has also been found that there is abundance of carbon, usually in the
form of hydrocarbons or carbon oxides.
The
available data shows that the internal structure of planets was
originally heterogeneous, and that while it may have produced
homogenization processes, many components of the original
heterogeneity should still be present in the interior of the
planetary bodies.
One
of the main processes of internal dynamism after accretion has been
This
involves the gradual rise of light and fluid elements or compounds.
The
main molecules that are part of the gaseous envelopes of planets are
nitrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and water.
Nitrogen
is relatively abundant at the astronomical level and therefore the
interior exudes outwardly forming nitrogen atmosphers when the mass
and gravity are sufficient to retain them.
The
knowledge gained from recent space exploration, with images and
interplanetary probes and the data obtained through the Hubble Space
Telescope and new ground-based telescopes, allow us to look at our
planet with a different perspective
The
new information has provided elements to revise the present approach.
However these data has not yet reached to the entire scientific
community, due to the inertia that permeates the academic-scientific
apparatus, with its heavy burden of individual and corporate
interests, positions of power and limelight opportunities..
However,
in many these contributions have begun to deeply remove the
traditional view of geological processes in general and specifically
the generation of hydrocarbon..
Information
gathered to date shows the relationship of the various bodies of the
solar system and the similarity of the processes that gave rise to
them. These data tendsto confirm the theory of accretion forming
through the agglomeration of planets, planetoids and comets. It
has also been found that the warming of these bodies occurred after
their initial constitution as a result of the effect of gravitational
contraction and the radioactivity of certain elements.
It
has also been found that there is abundance of carbon, usually in the
form of hydrocarbons or carbon oxides.
The
available data shows that the internal structure of planets was
originally heterogeneous, and that while it may have produced
homogenization processes, many components of the original heterogeneity should still be present in the interior of the
planetary bodies.
One
of the main processes of internal dynamism after accretion has been
This
involves the gradual rise of light and fluid elements or compounds.
The
main molecules that are part of the gaseous envelopes of planets are
nitrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and water.
Nitrogen
is relatively abundant at the astronomical level and therefore the
interior exudes outwardly forming nitrogen atmospheres when the mass
and gravity are sufficient to retain them. (From "Unexhaustable? Oil and Natural Gas", D.Anton, Piriguazu Ediciones).
Quote from NASA:
Quote from NASA:
"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
data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hydrocarbons rain from the
sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes.
The new findings from the study led by Ralph Lorenz, Cassini radar team member from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., are reported in the Jan. 29 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters.
"Titan is just covered in carbon-bearing material -- it's a giant factory of organic chemicals," said Lorenz. "This vast carbon inventory is an important window into the geology and climate history of Titan."
At a balmy minus 179 degrees Celsius (minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit), Titan is a far cry from Earth. Instead of water, liquid hydrocarbons in the form of methane and ethane are present on the moon's surface, and tholins probably make up its dunes. The term "tholins"was coined by Carl Sagan in 1979 to describe the complex organic molecules at the heart of prebiotic chemistry." (From NASA)
The new findings from the study led by Ralph Lorenz, Cassini radar team member from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., are reported in the Jan. 29 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters.
"Titan is just covered in carbon-bearing material -- it's a giant factory of organic chemicals," said Lorenz. "This vast carbon inventory is an important window into the geology and climate history of Titan."
At a balmy minus 179 degrees Celsius (minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit), Titan is a far cry from Earth. Instead of water, liquid hydrocarbons in the form of methane and ethane are present on the moon's surface, and tholins probably make up its dunes. The term "tholins"was coined by Carl Sagan in 1979 to describe the complex organic molecules at the heart of prebiotic chemistry." (From NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-20080213.html

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