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Into the Night wrote:

Im a BM wrote:
Edited to correct Into the Night quote:

"Where do they get the hydrogen, dumbass?"

Apparently you are unaware that hydrogen is available in both the atmosphere and in the ground.

Im a BM wrote:
The "synthesis" of methane can occur by many different pathways, from many different chemicals that can be reactants to synthesize it.

Nope. All you need is a carbon source and a hydrogen source and the right conditions.

Im a BM wrote:
The specific pathway/reactants being discussed/evaded is microbiological methanogenesis (only a buzzword if you refuse to look it up).

There is no such word a methanogenesis.

Im a BM wrote:
Obviously, the CHEMISTRY CLOWN has no idea what the term "endothermic" means.

Let's start by making it clear what EXO thermic means, because Into the Night may simply have gotten them mixed up.

The combustion of methane is exothermic.

When methane gets transformed into carbon dioxide through combination with oxygen, energy is released. That energy can be exploited for human benefit. One way that the energy release is manifest is to produce HEAT.

When hydrogen gets transformed into water through combination with oxygen, energy is released. Like methane combustion, hydrogen combustion is also EXOTHERMIC.

Your word games won't work, Robert.

Im a BM wrote:
When hydrogen gets transformed into methane through combination with carbon dioxide, energy is released. Much LESS exothermic than methane or hydrogen combustion, but EXOTHERMIC none the less.

Hydrogen is not methane. Carbon is not carbon dioxide. The synthesis of methane is an endothermic reaction. The synthesis of carbohydrates is an endothermic reaction.

You can't create energy out of nothing, Robert. You are still ignoring the 1st law of thermodynamics.

Into the Night wrote:

Im a BM wrote:
Edited to correct Into the Night quote:

"Where do they get the hydrogen, dumbass?"

Apparently you are unaware that hydrogen is available in both the atmosphere and in the ground.

Im a BM wrote:
The "synthesis" of methane can occur by many different pathways, from many different chemicals that can be reactants to synthesize it.

Nope. All you need is a carbon source and a hydrogen source and the right conditions.

Im a BM wrote:
The specific pathway/reactants being discussed/evaded is microbiological methanogenesis (only a buzzword if you refuse to look it up).

There is no such word a methanogenesis.

Im a BM wrote:
Obviously, the CHEMISTRY CLOWN has no idea what the term "endothermic" means.

Let's start by making it clear what EXO thermic means, because Into the Night may simply have gotten them mixed up.

The combustion of methane is exothermic.

When methane gets transformed into carbon dioxide through combination with oxygen, energy is released. That energy can be exploited for human benefit. One way that the energy release is manifest is to produce HEAT.

When hydrogen gets transformed into water through combination with oxygen, energy is released. Like methane combustion, hydrogen combustion is also EXOTHERMIC.

Your word games won't work, Robert.

Im a BM wrote:
When hydrogen gets transformed into methane through combination with carbon dioxide, energy is released. Much LESS exothermic than methane or hydrogen combustion, but EXOTHERMIC none the less.

Hydrogen is not methane. Carbon is not carbon dioxide. The synthesis of methane is an endothermic reaction. The synthesis of carbohydrates is an endothermic reaction.

You can't create energy out of nothing, Robert. You are still ignoring the 1st law of thermodynamics.