tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593390371951368920.post4290972706599132400..comments2023-12-08T21:46:19.347-05:00Comments on Colony Worlds: Video: Martian Methane To Power Red Planet Colonies?Darnell Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10892014932718500845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593390371951368920.post-4251374449743803462009-02-03T21:08:00.000-05:002009-02-03T21:08:00.000-05:00Good point Adam.I guess colonists will either have...Good point Adam.<BR/><BR/>I guess colonists will either have to find a way to spend an enormous amount of energy creating oxygen (perhaps a separate power plant for that?) or import oxygen from the moon (which also could be expensive).Darnell Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892014932718500845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593390371951368920.post-35905187593026407922009-01-28T19:29:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:29:00.000-05:00Darnell, what are you going to burn the methane wi...Darnell, what are you going to burn the methane with? You could use peroxide if pure masses of the stuff can be found frozen, but there's no other natural oxidant produced on Mars. There's lots of oxygen locked up as ice - Mars is lousy with the stuff - but it takes serious energy to crack the hydrogen off from oxygen. Where is the energy going to come from?qraalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13436948899560519608noreply@blogger.com