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Offline wrag

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« on: February 16, 2008, 10:58:45 AM »
Been seeing stuff like this since around 1984?

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56480

and

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=45838

And I SEEM to recall one of those national Geo specials where they reported finding chemicals/organisms  coming out of a spout like thing on the sea floor and turning into oil as they died?

The point was that the latest research is pointing at oil being something that our planet creates normally and many of the old oil deposits that were depleted should be refilling?

hmmmm....................
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 11:01:07 AM »
Name one thing that we have ever run out of?

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 11:22:47 AM »
Common sense.

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 11:40:50 AM »
Wow, who knew that Titan had so many Dinosaurs?

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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 11:55:27 AM »
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Name one thing that we have ever run out of?

lazs
American Lion Panthera leo atrox, Western USA, 8000 BC.
Ancient Bison Bison antiquus, USA, 8000 BC.
Beringian cave lion Panthera leo vereshchagini, Alaska.
Cuvieronius, Florida and Arizona, 400 AD
Dire Wolf Canis dirus, USA, 8000 BC.
Giant Beaver Castoroides ohioensis, Great Lakes region, 8000 BC.
Giant hutia Elasmodontomys obliquus, Puerto Rico, 1000 BC.
Giant Short-Faced Bear Arctodus simus, USA, 10500 BC.
Glyptodon USA, 8000 BC.
Helmeted Musk Ox Alaska, 9000 BC
Pygmy Mammoth Mammuthus exilis, Channel Islands.
Smilodon fatalis USA, 8000 BC.
Woolly Mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, Northern USA, 2000 BC.
Western Camel USA, 8000 BC.
Yukon Wild bellybutton Equus asinus lambei, Alaska, 11000 BC.
Antillean Cave Rat
Insular Cave Rat
Corozal Rat
Columbian Mammoth Mammuthus columb, USA, 5800 BC.
American cheetah USA
Bison occidentalis USA
Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)

Puerto Rican Shrew Nesophontes edithae
Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat
Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat
Guam Flying Fox Pteropus tokudae
Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth,
Penasco Chipmunk
Sherman's Pocket Gopher
Goff's Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis goffi
Tacoma Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama tacomensis
Chadwick Beach Cottonmouth Mouse,
Giant Deer Mouse
Pallid Beach Mouse Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus
Gull Island Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus
Louisiana Vole
Puerto Rican Hutia
Puerto Rican Paca
Lesser Puerto Rican Agouti
Greater Puerto Rican Agouti
Southern California Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis macrotis
Sea Mink Mustela macrodon
Caribbean Monk Seal
Steller's Sea Cow
Badlands Bighorn Sheep
Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit
Arizona Wapiti
Oregon Bison
Eastern Woodland Bison
Colorado Hog-nosed Skunk
Big Thicket Hog-nosed Skunk
Smith Island Cottontail
Allen's Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Banks Island Wolf Canis lupus bernardi, 1920
Cascade Mountains Wolf Canis lupus fuscus, 1940
Antillean Giant Rice Rat
Dwarf Hutia

Birds
Prehistoric extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 CE)

Law's Diving-goose, California, 1800 BC.
Merriam's Teratorn, Southern USA, 8000 BC.
Moa-nalo, Hawaii.
O'ahu Petrel, Hawaii.
Nēnē-nui, Hawaii.
Pleistocenen Black Vulture, Western USA.
Saint Croix Macaw, St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
Giant Amakihi, Big Island, Hawaii
Puerto Rican Obscure Bunting , Puerto Rico
Stout-legged Finch, Kaua'i, Hawaii
Kauaʻi Finch, Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawaii
Maui Nui Finch, Maui and Moloka'i, Hawaii
Maui Finch, Maui, Hawaii
Pila's Palila, Kaua'i, Hawaii - possibly survived until early 18th century
Scissor-billed Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis forfex-prehistoric Kaua'i, and Maui, Hawaii
Primitive Koa-finch, O'ahu and Maui, Hawaii
Ouahu Grosbeak, O'ahu and Maui, Hawaii
Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)

Bering Canada Goose,
Labrador Duck,
Heath Hen,
Spectacled Cormorant,
Laysan Crake,
Hawaiian Crake,
Wake Island Rail,
Virgin Islands Screech-Owl,
Mauge's Parakeet,
Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis
Louisiana Parakeet,
Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius
Laysan Millerbird,
Great Auk,
Guam Flycatcher,
Lanai Thrush,
Hawaiian Thrush,
Oahu Thrush,
Molokai Thrush,
Dusky Seaside Sparrow,
Kona Grosbeak,
Greater Koa-Finch,
Lesser Koa-Finch,
Oahu 'Akialoa,
Maui Nui 'Akialoa,
Kauai 'Akialoa,
Kioea,
Ula-'ai-hawane,
Black Mamo,
Hawai'i Mamo,
Lana'i Hookbill,
Oahu Nukupu'u,
Greater 'Amakihi,
Laysan Honeycreeper,
Oahu 'Akepa,
Molokai Creeper,
Lana'i Creeper,
O‘ahu ‘Ō‘ō,
Moloka‘i ‘Ō‘ō,
Kaua'i 'Ō'ō,
Hawai'i 'Ō'ō,
Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularia guadeloupensis
Guadeloupe Parakeet, Aratinga labati (18th Century)
Guadeloupe Parrot, Amazona violacea (1779)
Lesser Antillean Macaw, Ara guadeloupensis (1760)
Martinique House Wren, Troglodytes aedon martinicensis
Martinique Parrot, Amazona martinicana (1779)
Imperial Wooddonut, Campephilus imperialis
Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris
Possibly Extinct

Bachman's Warbler,
Eskimo Curlew,
Ivory-billed Wooddonut

Reptiles
Prehistoric extinctions (Holocene to 1500AD)

Mona Tortoise,
Modern extinctions (1500 AD to present)

Navassa Curly-tailed Lizard,
Navassa Iguana,
Navassa Island Dwarf Boa,
Sulcate Blind Snake,
Saint Croix Racer,
Martinique Giant Ameiva, Ameiva major
Martinique Lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri (1830s)
Ameiva cineracea (early 20th Century, Guadeloupe)
Possibly Extinct

Culebra Island Giant Anole,

Amphibians
Vegas Valley Leopard Frog,
Catahoula Salamander,
Golden Toad, Costa Rica
Possibly Extinct

Golden Coqui,
Mottled Coquí
Web-footed Coquí,

Fish
Longjaw Cisco,
Deepwater Cisco,
Lake Ontario Kiyi,
Blackfin Cisco,
Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout,
Alvord Cutthroat Trout,
Silver Trout,
Maravillas Red Shiner,
Independence Valley Tui Chub,
Thicktail Chub,
Pahranagat Spinedace,
Phantom Shiner,
Las Vegas Dace,
Grass Valley Speckled Dace,
Clear Lake Splittail,
Snake River Sucker,
Harelip Sucker,
Tecopa Pupfish,
Shoshone Pupfish,
Raycraft Ranch Killifish,
Pahrump Ranch Killifish,
Ash Meadows Killifish,
Amistad Gambusia,
San Marcos Gambusia,
Blue Walleye,
Maryland darter,
Utah Lake Sculpin

Possibly Extinct
Shortnose Cisco

Crustaceans
Illinois Cave Amphipod,
Pasadena Freshwater Shrimp

Insects
Pecatonica River Mayfly,
Robert's Stonefly,
Fort Ross Weevil,
Mono Lake Diving Beetle,
Xerces Blue,
Palos Verdes Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis)
Poko Noctuid Moth,
Midway Noctuid Moth,
Kerr's Noctuid Moth,
Laysan Noctuid Moth,
Noctuid Moth,
Procellaris Noctuid Noth,
Chestnut Ermine Moth,
American Chestnut Moth,
Phleophaga Chestnut Moth,
Central Valley Grasshopper,
Rocky Mountain Locust,
Antioch Dunes Shieldback Katydid,
Kona Giant Looper Moth,

Arachnids
Caribbean Monk Seal Nasal Mite,
Nevada Water Mite,
Passenger Pigeon Mite,

Mollusks
Coosa elktoe,
Carolina elktoe,
Ochlockonee arcmussel,
Recovery pearly mussel,
Arc-form pearly mussel,
Acorn pearly mussel,
Lewis pearly mussel,
Nearby pearly mussel,
Sampson's pearly mussel,
Steward's pearly mussel,
Turgid-blossom pearly mussel,
Shoal sprite,
Cahaba pebblesnail,
Umbilicate pebblesnail,
Mount Matafao different snail,
Short-spired elimia,
Closed elimia,
Fusiform elimia,
High-spired elimia,
Constricted elimia,
Hearty elimia,
Ribbed elimia,
Rough-lined elimia,
Pupa elimia,
Pygmy elimia,
Cobble elimia,
Puzzle elimia,
Excised slitshell,
Striate slitshell,
Pagoda slitshell,
Ribbed slitshell,
Pyramid slitshell,
Round slitshell,
Lined pocketbook,
Eelgrass limpet


Oh, I'm sorry. You said just one.
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 12:04:34 PM »
Name one the we have run out of.

You are naming species.. they come and go with or without us.  it is a survival thing.

Name a mineral that we have run out of.  One that we have "used up".

lazs

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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 12:11:35 PM »
oil is not a mineral.


What you are losing is the energy stored in the oil. You dont lose the minerals that make it up, but you do lose the energy stored in it.

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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 12:12:28 PM »
Tell ya what Lazs, you come show me how to refill these Texas oil wells and I'll name a mineral we ran out of.

I could make a killing in Burkburnett, Odessa and Beaumont.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2008, 12:16:04 PM by rpm »
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 12:21:56 PM »
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Originally posted by lazs2
Name one the we have run out of.

You are naming species.. they come and go with or without us.  it is a survival thing.

Name a mineral that we have run out of.  One that we have "used up".

lazs


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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 12:28:20 PM »
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Originally posted by wrag
Been seeing stuff like this since around 1984?

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56480

and

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=45838

And I SEEM to recall one of those national Geo specials where they reported finding chemicals/organisms  coming out of a spout like thing on the sea floor and turning into oil as they died?

The point was that the latest research is pointing at oil being something that our planet creates normally and many of the old oil deposits that were depleted should be refilling?

hmmmm....................


Not a criticism of the science or the idea, but...those articles are poorly written, containing several grammatical and factual errors.  They also seem to not understand some of the basic science going on here.  They need to fire their editor(s).

However, it is possible to create hydrocarbons from carbon sources other than dead organic matter.  This is not a new idea, and neither explanation/hypothesis invalidates the other.  

Now the interesting question (at both a scientific and economic level) is what is the rate of production of oil?

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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2008, 12:30:13 PM »
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Originally posted by lazs2
Name one the we have run out of.

You are naming species.. they come and go with or without us.  it is a survival thing.

Name a mineral that we have run out of.  One that we have "used up".

lazs
Yeah your right, everything will last forever, we'll never run out of anything, the magic oil fairy will just replace it all.
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2008, 12:36:15 PM »
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Yeah your right, everything will last forever, we'll never run out of anything, the magic oil fairy will just replace it all.


Do you ever answer questions that are posed?  

Or is the smart bellybutton response all you are capable of?

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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2008, 01:11:50 PM »
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Do you ever answer questions that are posed?  

Or is the smart bellybutton response all you are capable of?
Wow you just seem to be obsessed with me and my post, but I gotta tell ya I don't go that way so your out of luck.
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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2008, 01:13:53 PM »
Notice how he didn't answer the question, ;).
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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2008, 01:16:25 PM »
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Notice how he didn't answer the question, ;).


Yep.