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Coyote Member (Idle past 2106 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
This thread is deeply frustrating - speculation is being piled on speculation. Likewise we are discussing Peg's completely barmy ideas around hydrogen and oxygen, and 70% coverage of the earth's surface by water indicating that the whole earth was flooded at some point. Let's stop. Does anybody have any evidence for a vapour canopy?Does anybody have any EVIDENCE for a vapour canopy? But what we've seen on this thread is just what creation "science" has to offer! They don't know why science is wrong, they just believe it is wrong. And because its wrong, why bother studying it and learning the details--when its obviously wrong!?! So when creationists defend their beliefs they have little to fall back upon other than those beliefs. Their level of education in the relevant science is usually abysmal, as are the educations of those to whom they look for answers. Make up a "what if" story. That's as good as anything, because the details don't really matter--we know the TRVTHTM. Vapor canopy? Sure, here's how it happened... (see upthread for examples). Again, I think it is a case of creationists believing "why bother studying science when its wrong." But then they want this stuff taught in the schools? Now that's a real joke! Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Percy writes: The advantage of answering questions like the water/hydrogen issue is that Peg will (hopefully) learn something about the availability of free hydrogen. Undoubtedly she has never heard of the speculations about a hydrogen economy where cars would be powered by hydrogen instead of petrol (or do they say gasoline in Australia?). Clearly if you can power a car with hydrogen then its combustion with oxygen must produce a great deal of energy, as people have been trying to make clear to Peg with examples like the Hindenberg (about which Peg again apparently knows nothing). Most doubts about the possibility of a hydrogen economy stem from the great amounts of energy needed just to create free hydrogen, and Peg doesn't understand this yet, and so doesn't understand that countries like Saudi Arabia cannot solve their water problems by simply making water from free hydrogen and oxygen. which was entirely my point if anyone had bothered to read my post properly in the first place I asked a question in msg 81 (forgive me if thats inappropriate)
quote:lyx2no replied with : "The gasses of the thermosphere are so tenuous and any separated hydrogen is so kinetically energetic there is nearly nothing to stop it from being lost to space." So i asked why Jupiter and Saturn have such a gaseous atmosphere to which Anglegard spewed forth a diatribe of 'Oh for christs sake...bla bla bla troll bla bla bla" Good one. Its good to see maturity on evc. My point about water was that: "Oxygen and Hydrogen dont just mix together to become water...it takes vasts amounts of energy to create water...so much energy that scientists cannot produce enough energy to create water" Anglagard disagreed because she did not read my post correctly. I said nothing about hydrogen and oxygen not creating energy...I said they "dont just combine to create WATER, without vast amounts of energy" it seems to be what you are saying here
Percy writes:
. Most doubts about the possibility of a hydrogen economy stem from the great amounts of energy needed just to create free hydrogen, and Peg doesn't understand this yet, and so doesn't understand that countries like Saudi Arabia cannot solve their water problems by simply making water from free hydrogen and oxygen. I certainly do understand that we cannot produce water. My reply to Anglegard in msg 90 was sarcasm.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Percy writes: I think the weight of a vapor canopy that was at very high altitude because of its temperature would still rest on the underlying layers and thus still produce a crushing weight on life at the earth's surface. have scientists ever tried to create such an experiment to see what the effects would be?
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
lyx2no writes: Again, Peg, no you don't. You're trying to explain the suspension of 6108 cubic miles of water above the surface of the Earth in some rational way, water in what form? Water is 2 parts hydrogen to one part oxygen yes? The vapor could have existed in gas form in the atmosphere just like they do on other planets...why is this impossible? (btw im not saying that this is what the bible says...im speculating)
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Huntard Member (Idle past 2295 days) Posts: 2870 From: Limburg, The Netherlands Joined: |
Peg writes:
It's not impossible as is. However, have you got ANY idea of the volume that gas would have, and have you ANY idea of the incredible amounts of energy that would be released when these gasses were mixed to make water? The vapor could have existed in gas form in the atmosphere just like they do on other planets...why is this impossible? I'm sure you know what happens if you put hydrogen an oxygen in a jar, shake it up a bit open the lid and light a match, no? Well, it gives quite a big boom, and creates the water you need. Now, do this for the vast quantities of these two gases, and what do you get? Yes, a disintegrated Earth!* *Probably an exaggeration, but it would most certainly kill everything and anything. I hunt for the truth
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Percy Member Posts: 22391 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.2 |
Peg writes: water in what form? Water is 2 parts hydrogen to one part oxygen yes? The vapor could have existed in gas form in the atmosphere just like they do on other planets...why is this impossible? Peg, are you operating under the belief that when water evaporates into the atmosphere that it becomes hydrogen and oxygen? --Percy
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 284 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
lyx2no replied with : "The gasses of the thermosphere are so tenuous and any separated hydrogen is so kinetically energetic there is nearly nothing to stop it from being lost to space." So i asked why Jupiter and Saturn have such a gaseous atmosphere To which lyx2no replied:
Anglagard disagreed because she did not read my post correctly. I said nothing about hydrogen and oxygen not creating energy...I said they "dont just combine to create WATER, without vast amounts of energy" And you are wrong. THis is why hydrogen is so flammable. Because it combines very readily with oxygen.
it seems to be what you are saying here No. Percy's point is not that it takes vast amounts of energy to get hydrogen and oxygen to combine to make water --- a single spark will do --- but that to produce any useful amount of water we'd require vast amounts of hydrogen Which we don't have.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Percy writes: First, you've probably misunderstood your husband. He probably didn't say it takes vast amounts of energy to create water. Either he said it takes vast amounts of energy to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen, or that combining hydrogen and oxygen into water with a tiny spark produces vast amounts of energy We were discussing water shortages and my suggestion was simple. Why cant we create more water by combine Hydrogen and Oxygen? He said that the energy needed to make even a small amount of water would be too great and therefore not worth the effort which is why they are not even attempting it.
Percy writes: Second, when you say that your husband is one of "you evc science ppl", do you mean he's familiar with science, or is he actually a participating member here? both...he hasnt posted recently though.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Huntard writes: It's not impossible as is. However, have you got ANY idea of the volume that gas would have, and have you ANY idea of the incredible amounts of energy that would be released when these gasses were mixed to make water? I'm sure you know what happens if you put hydrogen an oxygen in a jar, shake it up a bit open the lid and light a match, no? Well, it gives quite a big boom, and creates the water you need. Now, do this for the vast quantities of these two gases, and what do you get? Yes, a disintegrated Earth!* *Probably an exaggeration, but it would most certainly kill everything and anything. Ah right I see what you mean now. Although im not convinced that God does not have the power to control such forces and release such energy safely.So then we are back to the original question of how the water vapor may have existed in the atmosphere...what other possibilities are there? Edited by Peg, : No reason given.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Percy writes: Peg, are you operating under the belief that when water evaporates into the atmosphere that it becomes hydrogen and oxygen? no of course not. I asked that because you mentioned (msg 45) that, as water vapor, it would have been too heavy to stay in the atmosphere. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Hi Razd,
sorry i missed this earlier. RAZD writes: Does the bible actually say this verbatim or is this just an assumption that people have made? Yes the bible does say that the earth was surrounded by water. Genesis 1:6 "Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the waters." 7Then God proceeded to make the expanse and to make a division between the waters that should be beneath the expanse and the waters that should be above the expanse. And it came to be so. The waters "beneath" the atmospheric "expanse" were the waters on the surface of the earth. Whereas, "the waters ... above the expanse" were vast quantities of moisture suspended high above the area where birds were later said to fly. There is no mentions of the form of the water or how they were kept in place, just that they were there. Christian writers also wrote that the earth was surrounded by water. 2Peter 3:5 "...there were heavens from of old and an earth standing compactly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God; 6and by those [means] the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water"Here peter is confirming the Genesis account of an earth being surrounded by water before it was deluged. RAZD writes: Strangely, I see no evidence of water being in a "canopy" around the earth, as there are plenty of places in the rest of the universe for the divided waters to exist without needing a single drop in any canopy. To say there is water in space is one thing, to say it was formed in a canopy needs a specific reference to that effect, otherwise it is just speculation, conjecture, fiction. You're right, we have a dilemma in that we dont see any evidence of water around the earth because its not there. If we believe the bible account, then we have to assume that the water that used to be the canopy is now located in the seas.The question really is 'Could' the water in the sea have come from the upper region of the atmosphere? Its not something we can prove nor disprove. However there is evidence of a time when the oceans were smaller and the continents were larger than they are now, eg river channels extending far out under the oceans. This must surely tell us that there was less water on earth at one time. So where did all this additional water come from?
RAZD writes: Curiously, we are looking at global warming producing an earth with a "gorgeous warm climate" using only a little increase in cloud cover. Increasing the volume of water above that creates lethal conditions for many organisms, including humans (look at the increase in deaths during any heat wave in any country now). this is going off topic a little...but its a warm humid climate as opposed to a dry hot climate such as today. Besides, the global warming is not being caused by water, its being caused by carbon dioxide and other harmful substances. We cant compare apples with oranges.
RAZD writes: Interestingly, they also found that the shape of the continents at that time was significantly different, and that there location relative to the axis of rotation was significantly different -- enough so that the conditions on Ellesmere Island (where Tiktaalik was found) are readily explained with today's climate in similar places relative to the axis of rotation today. No need for any "gorgeous warming" to explain those conditions. this still doesnt explain why there was a land bride that connected the continents that is no longer there... perhaps it was the additional water that moved the continent...something pretty powerful must have caused it to rotate. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2106 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
Re: your past several posts.
Peg, science is not your forte. Give it up. Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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Son Member (Idle past 3829 days) Posts: 346 From: France,Paris Joined: |
Just so we are clear,you do understand now why we can't create water, right?
I would like you to answer because it seems like you still haven't understood what everyone said . Edited by Son, : No reason given.
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Percy Member Posts: 22391 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.2 |
Peg writes: I asked that because you mentioned (msg 45) that, as water vapor, it would have been too heavy to stay in the atmosphere. You're confused again. A vapor canopy of gazillion of tons of water in its gaseous form, which is water vapor, would be too heavy to remain in the upper atmosphere. That's what both me and Lynx2no were saying. That has nothing to do with the ability of water vapor to exist in our atmosphere. There's water vapor in our upper atmosphere right now, right where you claim the vapor canopy would have been. There's just extremely little of it, because the upper atmosphere is very tenuous and can suspend very little water vapor. That you mentioned that water is made from hydrogen and oxygen is another thing making clear how very confused you are. Hydrogen and oxygen are irrelevant to water's properties, just like the properties of sodium and chlorine are irrelevant to the properties of salt (salt is made up of sodium and chlorine). And you asked why water couldn't exist in gas form like it does on other planets, why it isn't impossible. But water vapor exists throughout our atmosphere, it's called humidity. This has been said over and over in this thread. Why ever would you ask such a question if you weren't very confused and never understood any of those explanations? It's going to interfere with your ability to ask the right questions if you give yourself the additional task of hiding your errors. Just admit what you don't know, there's no shame in not knowing something. What you're doing is a form of subterfuge and obstruction, and it's making things more difficult for everyone in this thread. --Percy
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Peg Member (Idle past 4929 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Coyote writes: Re: your past several posts. Peg, science is not your forte. Give it up. I cant give up what i didnt take up. Im not attempting to prove my beliefs with science here. I'm throwing around 'could be's' because i dont believe that science is a closed book. I beleive there is still much that is unknown and still much to learn. Of course I believe the bible and i believe that the earth was surrounded by water because the bible says so. The bible does not attempt to explain it scientifically because thats not its purpose, but i dont think it can be written off as false simply because it cant be measured. Perhaps one day someone will work out how the water vapor stayed in the atmosphere.
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