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kpete

(72,029 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2020, 08:41 PM Jan 2020

Rand Paul SLAMMED.

Senator Rand Paul

With so many billionaires about, why not a private prize of $10 million for the scientist who genetically creates an O2 producing organism that will thrive in the frigid, methane lakes of Titan?

Rafi Letzter

Senator, science reporter here, do you believe humanity has the ability to create a whole new atmosphere on titan but not to alter the atmosphere on earth?

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Rand Paul SLAMMED. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2020 OP

Dang, I was hoping his neighbor got him again. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2020 #1

Its like this -- but with words aikoaiko Jan 2020 #2

Damn, stand him back up. nt coti Jan 2020 #3

I guess the dumbfuck never heard of trees? GoCubsGo Jan 2020 #4

You are not right. Kaleva Jan 2020 #8

LMFAO Ferrets are Cool Jan 2020 #5

Poorly educated love-in? czarjak Jan 2020 #6

Wham! paleotn Jan 2020 #7

Bingo!!! Duppers Jan 2020 #9

I'm reminded of "The Titan" Grokenstein Jan 2020 #10

Hey! It's 200 below outside, but you can breathe the air! LuvLoogie Jan 2020 #11

Raise your hand if you want to live on a moon that's -290 degrees (F) but has... OXYGEN! NCLefty Jan 2020 #12

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,659 posts)

1. Dang, I was hoping his neighbor got him again.

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 08:45 PM

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aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

2. Its like this -- but with words

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:03 PM

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coti

(4,612 posts)

3. Damn, stand him back up. nt

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:05 PM

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GoCubsGo

(32,098 posts)

4. I guess the dumbfuck never heard of trees?

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:12 PM

Jan 2020

They turn CO2 into oxygen, without the need of technology.

Kaleva

(36,371 posts)

8. You are not right.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 18, 2020, 10:20 PM

Jan 2020

"Bottom line: Green plants DO NOT convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2). The oxygen produced during photosynthesis comes from water. During photosynthesis, green plants DO, however, convert atmospheric CO2 into sugars. And we know now that one half the oxygen atoms in the CO2 wind up in the sugars (e.g., glucose = C6H12O6) and the other half wind up in phosphate byproducts of the Calvin Cycle (see Addendum below)."

https://www.howplantswork.com/2009/02/16/plants-dont-convert-co2-into-o2/

Ferrets are Cool

(21,111 posts)

5. LMFAO

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:30 PM

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czarjak

(11,304 posts)

6. Poorly educated love-in?

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:34 PM

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paleotn

(17,990 posts)

7. Wham!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2020, 10:10 PM

Jan 2020

That left a mark. And what's this whole deal about Titan? Did his neighbor wack him in the head again? Why the hell would anyone want to do that? Titan is a waaaaaaaay the fuck out there and O2 isn't going to do a damn thing about Titan's biggest problem from a habitable standpoint. It's cold as fucking hell because it's waaaaaaay the fuck out there.

Duppers

(28,127 posts)

9. Bingo!!!

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 11:27 PM

Jan 2020

Grokenstein

(5,729 posts)

10. I'm reminded of "The Titan"

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Sat Jan 18, 2020, 11:29 PM

Jan 2020

That 2018 Netflix flick with the dead-on-arrival concept: Sam Worthington undergoes assorted Mad Science to transform him into a not-human that can survive on Titan because...Earth is overpopulated? (facepalm)

Sorry, Rando, even if you terraform the shit out of Titan, it's still freezing-ass cold. You go, we'll stay.