Myth #1: Oil is mostly dinosaur bones. Oil is a "fossil fuel," formed from the remains of organisms that died millions of years ago. ... As more and more sediment formed on top of them, heat and pressure crushed them into fossil fuels. Who first drilled for oil? The first modern oi...
There are no dinosaur remains in oil. All oil is aquatic in nature, the remains of plankton blooms that died and sank to the bottom of a shallow sea where little free oxygen existed. –perhaps one day they will be able to make more of it from the smug curmudgeons who are certain that...
Are people and other life prior to our current civilization exempt from this? why? Maybe someday there will even be a great oil field under Manhattan island. Probably New Jersey actually. gotta wonder where all the sewage goes don't you?But the fact remains, there is no logical reason to...
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Dinosaur bones are all over 65 million years old. The landscape where their bones are found has changed many, many times since then and for a lot of different reasons, plate tectonics is just one of them. Sahara Desert changed from wet to dry every 20,000 years, study The Sahara Desert...
making it a conversation starter and a focal point in any room. The absence of a smart device feature ensures that the artwork remains a timeless piece, free from the distractions of modern technology. It's a thoughtful gift that can be appreciated by anyone who values art, design, and the...
It can be, since the truth is there are many, many factors that determine how much a barrel of liquefied dinosaur bones will cost when it ends up in your car. In this article, we'll take a look at the crude oil market -- where the supply comes from, who prices it, and how that...
be run on the cluster. BG is interested in running Seismic Un*x in Hadoop as it is ‘especially good for parallelization.’ I/O remains a sticking point—JavaSeis is ‘half way there.’ Service providers should provide open source solutions and more reusable codea laMatlab. More from the...
MicroCT scans reveal extreme pathological remodeling on pedal phalanx II-1 of the holotype specimen likely resulting from physical trauma and subsequent infectious processes. Conclusion/Significance Talos sampsoni adds to the singularity of the Kaiparowits Formation dinosaur fauna, which is represented ...
Test bed of wood panels in Norway. Credit: Elke van Nieuwenhuijzen The effect of the protective layer partly results from the discoloration: the black layer blocks UV light, and thus prevents degradation. Van Nieuwenhuijzen also suspects that the dark pigmented fungi crowd out wood-destroying ...