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La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for January 21, 2015
January 20, 2015
January 22, 2015
Transcript:
Chepe: NASA scientists say they discovered methane on Mars. Pepe: You know what that means?! There's a Martian Taco Bell.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
Um… what does methane have to do with a Mexican-American fast food restaurant?
e.groves about 10 years ago
There’s cows on Mars?
agrestic about 10 years ago
Well, that and Taco Bell has the reputation of creating particularly powerful methane-producing fuel. Maybe it’s the way they prepare their beans.
TIMH about 10 years ago
Actually, the methane is produced by bacteria that live in our digestive tracts and which are able to respire anaerobically by reducing carbonate ions to methane. They can also add scent by reducing sulfates to hydrogen sulfide.
agrestic about 10 years ago
Yup. In many ways we’re just giant, walking microbial repositories.