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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:29 PM Original message |
Really? Oily rain is impossible? My cooking says that's inaccurate. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think the temperature is the difference |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Ah, good point. I guess the Gulf won't be reaching in excess of 450F, huh. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If it does, oily rain will be the least of our problems. (n/t) |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It's 89 degrees and climbing right now, off Clearwater Beach. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Petroleum is not just a simple lipid |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Is cooking oil a simple lipid? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Relatively speaking, yes. Much simpler than petroleum. (NT) |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, if it can rain frogs anything is possible! |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Win |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. as long as it doesn't rain |
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mrJJ (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm No cook |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. It.... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Really? My what an interesting observation. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "We in the midwest are plenty worried about this" |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Damn, you'll believe anyone on teevee who wears an official hat |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Actually, no, I believe my own education. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. info |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. The chemist's answer |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. but how is it going to to "up" in the first place? n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The very light stuff is going to evaporate. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Pentane will |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're going to have some measurable pentanes in the atmosphere, yes. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. We're on the same page |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Thanks for this |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. did you guys learn about the "water cycle" in like third grade? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. The steam rising from your cooking pot is the water vapor from the chicken carcass you were frying. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Wow, I'm guessing you never cleaned a kitchen. It's oil alright. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Water vapor doesn't hold oil. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It is travelling with the steam, so it may not be a part of the steam itself, but it |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oil is made of numerous volatile substances. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. self delete |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Wow, excellent answer. I hadn't thought about the varying volitility |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. To anyone worried about this, I suggest a simple test. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. I cook just like you do, and understand exactly what you describe. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. The mechanism that will disperse the Gulf oil across the U.S. is not evaporation, but wind. |
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