Comments on: Nancy Pelosi’s Gassy Ignorance

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By: OsoRojo

OsoRojo — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:44:42 +0000

Ok, this is funny. i just read your blog on this subject and asked my son what are fossil fuels? His response, without my prodding, was, coal, oil, and….(wait for it) natural gas. Dang! I nearly died! He is only a sixth grader and knows more than our beloved third in line for the presidency.

By: Jewells

Jewells — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:44:20 +0000

I was much more embarassed by her remarks concerning the catholic church and abortion. Actually I was enraged. But I get that way every time that ignorant bitch opens her piehole. God, what a disgrace.

By: Mr. Science Guy

Mr. Science Guy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:52:40 +0000

In spite of the snark, WiseOlBird asks a relevant question, I'll try to be brief in answering it.

On Earth, NG is considered a fossil fuel, because the underground gas fields where we find it are the result of biological decomposition, dating back thousands of millenia.

Methane (the primary component of NG) apparently used to be plentiful in Earth's atmosphere, as it still is in Titan's, but that was before plants started releasing free oxygen. In the presence of oxygen, methane breaks down into CO2 and water (slowly on a human timescale, almost instantly in geologic terms). Titan, lacking plants, still has a methane atmosphere.

On Earth, now that we have an atmosphere full of oxygen, the only places to find natural gas are where it's been kept away from the air (i.e. trapped underground), and where it's just been produced from decomposition (which is now called biogas).

To address John's comment–all fossil fuels are renewable, by strict definition of the word, but not in the way we commonly refer to "renewable resources."

By: John

John — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:49:13 +0000

You need to bone up on "fossil" fuels, NG and Oil are not "fossil" fuels but are renewalable resources. Drill!!

john

By: william

william — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:56:51 +0000

Nancy Polosi probably thinks vehicles running on natural gas would be a good thing. Trouble is, to store enough fuel on a vehicle to have a decent range, you have to pack gas into the vehicle fuel tank to a pressure of at least 3,000 psi. Where do you get the 20 horsepower to compress that gas? If you are not lucky enough to own a gas well to drive your compressor, you have to use – gasoline! All these alternative fuel fanatics should be required to take a course in basic thermodynamics.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:30:40 +0000

Mr. Science Guy – There's no question that natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel, but it is still one. I'd be fine if the market was driving the options here, but the Speaker isn't about to let that happen.

WiseOlBird – Please tell me your comment was a joke.

By: WiseOlBird

WiseOlBird — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:26:13 +0000

If natural gas is a fossil fuel, then how come it shows up on a bunch of other bodies floating around our solar system?

I am guessing the dinosaurs really had a thriving existence on Titan back in the day.