How many tyrannosuars in a GAL of gas?

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While I suppose that most of the carbon in America's favorite fossil
fuel is botanical in origin, it's easier to get a gut feel for
unrenewability by considering dinosaurs.

So to be more specific, if you estimate the number of carbon atoms in
one full-grown adult tyrannosaur, what volume of 92 octane gasoline
would that represent? And conversely, how many dinosaurs could you
build out of the carbon in one gallon of gas?

The answer is that the carbon content of one tyrannosaur is equivalent
to that in about 460 gallons of gasoline. (You can build 1/460th of a
tyrannosaur using the carbon in 1 gallon of gasoline.)

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=6021
 
How did the tyrannosuars get so far underground?
How did they all manage to die in large clumps (oil pools)?

I've always been a little leery of the idea that we're burning dead dinosaurs.
 
How did the tyrannosuars get so far underground?
How did they all manage to die in large clumps (oil pools)?

I've always been a little leery of the idea that we're burning dead dinosaurs.

I always wondered how all these dinosaurs died out at sea where many of the major oil fields are located.

Leon
(kc0iv)
 
old info

old info

Actually,
The old theory of oil being created from critters thousands of years ago has proved to be wrong. Sorry..

Jack

PS..Next we will find out that the world is really flat.:boink:
 
Actually,
The old theory of oil being created from critters thousands of years ago has proved to be wrong. Sorry..

Jack

PS..Next we will find out that the world is really flat.:boink:


I thought the world was flat. When I look at the map it sure looks flat to me.

BTW I heard they were going to kick the Earth out of the solar system like they did Pluto. Seems it doesn't conform to the rules.

Leon
(kc0iv)
 
Given some comments above, no wonder we will also disapear sooner than later

Walter
 
sick

sick

This is one sick group of people. Guess I am in the right place.
:whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo:
 
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