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To: tejek who wrote (404346)	8/4/2008 9:15:44 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1574843

"I just heard there are seas of ethane on Titan." That there are. "Who knows......where's there's ethane might there not be oil?" Probably. Even likely. We know, for example, there is enough UV to convert methane to ethane. Back of the envelope calculations indicate that it probably doesn't stop there. Some of the photos have structures that look much like sand dunes. That very well could be longer chain hydrocarbons that are solid at Titanian temperatures. And there is always Jupiter. Scoop mining the atmosphere should yield everything from hydrogen to long chain hydrocarbons. And it would be a loooonngg time before it runs out...