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From: Stanton T. Friedman <fsphys.nul> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:21:50 -0400 Archived: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:53:35 -0500 Subject: Re: Sampling Earth's Biodiversity >From: J. Maynard Gelinas <j.maynard.gelinas.nul> >To: post.nul >Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:49:36 +0800 >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. I list about 20 reasons for coming here in Flying Saucers And Science. I think the most important is that we suddenly pose a threat to the neigh- borhood because we will very soon be able to bother others and because we are nasty having exploded 2000 nuclear warheads. By the way it would take quite a bit of very heavy elements to increase our density even a few percent. And Fusion is appropriate for interstellar travel... Fission more likely for interplanetary <original truncated> Stan Friedman 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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