% of fossils of marine origin?
Chris Nedin
howard hershey <hers...@indiana.edu> wrote:
> >As someone who lives in a limestone producing area, I would hazard a
> >guess that the percentage of fossils of marine origin are so
> >overwhelming both in sheer weight and certainly in sheer numbers
> >that non-marine fossils represent a trivial fraction of the evidence
> >of life's history.
The main reason for this is the nastily oxic environment commonly found in
terrestrial habitats. In such environments even the most hardy remains
have a tough time surviving. DOWN WITH O2 I say, BRING BACK H2S! Look at
the advantages, Things preserve better in H2O environments, H2S has a much
longer pedigree of common usage than that nasty interloper O2 and hence is
well intergrated into the Earths environment (that should keep the Greens
happy), and it isn't flamable - no more forest fires ('course there
wouldn't be any forests either, but that is besides the point). True, the
energy output from using sulphur is not as good as the current tainted
method, but who would disagree that the world need slowing down a bit.
I am sure we could genetically altered bacteria to produce electricity
directly from H2S produced from waste. Then waste becomes an important
commodity. People could be encoraged to produce more waste (a simpler
alternative than trying to cut down) as fuel for the bacterial electricity
plants. No more pumping fossil carbon into the atmosphere! University of
Ediacara scientists are working on the BACT-O-LECTRIC septic
tank/generating plant for domestic use. Each houshold or group of homes
would be self-sefficient - no more unsightly power lines! Needless to say,
industry is very interested, especially the Baltimore Nasal Plug Company,
Inc.
Chris
cne...@geology.adelaide.edu.au ne...@ediacara.org
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Many say it was a mistake to come down from the trees, some say
the move out of the oceans was a bad idea. Me, I say the stiffening
of the notochord in the Cambrian was where it all went wrong,
it was all downhill from there.