In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:11:58 -0800 (PST):
Hi,
[snip]
--- Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
Same explanation. The 16O is produced preferentially
during photosynthesis ... it can
more easily attain escape velocity
Then the average ratio on earth should be the same
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:11:28 -0800 (PST):
Hi,
--- Robin
I think the explanation for the high concentration
can in this case be found in the mundane...
No, no - I should have been clearer - it is not that
'local' concentration which is the precise anomaly in
--- Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
Same explanation. The 16O is produced preferentially
during photosynthesis ... it can
more easily attain escape velocity
Then the average ratio on earth should be the same as
what has escaped (0.18 %) but it is NOT and in fact is
far different - that is the
One of the more fascinating themes of fiction involves hidden
wealth and the duplicity which is involved in controlling it. Of
course, buried treasure and pirated booty is the prototype for
this alluring theme - but even several of Blackbeard's chests of
Spanish doubloons is little more than
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:08:51 -0800:
Hi,
[snip]
It is that strange isotope of hydrogen - 18O. Almost one percent
of the unpalatable water in the Great Salt Lake water consists of
this heavy so-called isotope 18O. The fact that there is such an
abundance seems
On 11/27/06, Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for the coming decade [and stranger than fiction forms of
wealth], take the national helium repository for instance - close
by a certain ranch in Crawford TX.
Well, now, this gives a whole new slant to the recent news:
--- Robin
I think the explanation for the high concentration
can in this case be found in the mundane...
No, no - I should have been clearer - it is not that
'local' concentration which is the precise anomaly in
question. But yes there is the mundane explanation for
the salt lake also.
The
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