Sci-Fi answer to Peak Oil
Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth.
According to new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes. ScienceDaily (21 February 2008)
So all we have to do is get there and mine it!
Off-planet refinery
Titan is like a big petrochemical plant. Although this is all happening at a much lower temperature than in a petroleum refinery, the basic processes going on there are very closely allied to what people do when they make fuel. [more]
Instead of water, vast quantities of organic chemicals rain down on the moon’s surface, pooling in huge reservoirs of liquid methane and ethane. Solid carbon-based molecules are also present in the dune region around the equator.
As well as the famous rings around Saturn, there are 19 satellites in orbit. These range in size from Titan, the second largest moon in the Solar System (Ganymede is the largest), to small asteroid-like objects.
Action:
Design project, anyone?
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