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From: J. Maynard Gelinas <j.maynard.gelinas.nul> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:49:36 +0800 Archived: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:20:42 -0500 Subject: Re: Sampling Earth's Biodiversity >From: Michael Tarbell <mtarbell.nul> >To: post.nul >Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:21:02 -0700 >Subject: Re: Sampling Earth's Biodiversity >>From: Stanton T. Friedman <fsphys.nul> >>To: <post.nul> >>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:11:41 -0400 >>Subject: Re: Sampling Earth's Biodiversity ><snip> >>1. Earth is the densest planet in the solar system implying >>higher levels of such very high density metals as Rhenium, >>Osmium, Gold tungsten, uranium,etc.. all of which have special >>properties and appear to be rare in the stars of the local >Earth is slightly (several percent) more dense than Mercury and >Venus, but there is nothing to suggest that that this is due to >some unusual abundance of the elements you cite. Indeed, if >those elements were to suddenly disappear, the effect on the >average density of the Earth would be negligible (<< 1%). >That bit of pedantry aside, your broader point is taken that >Earth is quite the jewel in the local neighborhood. But what is the resource that makes Earth that jewel? Is it a raw resource, such as rare elements unavailable elsewhere? Or does life itself - the ability of life to craft chemical bonds atom by atom - combined with vast a biodiversity allowing for the creation of all sorts of novel compounds represent that jewel? That's the question at hand in this thread. Listen to 'Strange Days... Indeed' - The PodCast At: http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/sdi/program/ These contents above are copyright of the author and UFO UpDates - Toronto. They may not be reproduced without the express permission of both parties and are intended for educational use only.
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