★★★☆☆
(SF Drama) Two oil men at a bar discuss the possibility of getting hydrocarbons from Titan. (916 words; Time: 03m)
"Fuel Me Once," by Allen Lang [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 07-08|20, published on June 18, 2020 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: Titan really is covered with oceans of hydrocarbons.
Con: The interaction between Mark and Derrick was impossible to believe. People simply don’t do business that way.
The idea of importing hydrocarbons from Titan is utterly absurd. The delta-V from Saturn to Earth is 10.3 km/sec (never mind the cost of getting it off the surface of Titan and out of Saturn’s gravity well), and that takes two and a half times the energy contained in the oil in the first place.
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Pro: Titan really is covered with oceans of hydrocarbons.
Con: The interaction between Mark and Derrick was impossible to believe. People simply don’t do business that way.
The idea of importing hydrocarbons from Titan is utterly absurd. The delta-V from Saturn to Earth is 10.3 km/sec (never mind the cost of getting it off the surface of Titan and out of Saturn’s gravity well), and that takes two and a half times the energy contained in the oil in the first place.
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Allen Lang Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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