Comments on: If I could Live in the Pleistocene part IX–Using Applied Chemistry http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/if-i-could-live-in-the-pleistocene-part-ix-using-applied-chemistry/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: James Robert Smith http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/if-i-could-live-in-the-pleistocene-part-ix-using-applied-chemistry/#comment-1513 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:56:50 +0000 http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/?p=1250#comment-1513 Oh. And there’s also a sulphur spring at Blackrock Mountain State Park in north Georgia. The rotten-egg stench of the spring is outrageous.

]]> By: markgelbart http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/if-i-could-live-in-the-pleistocene-part-ix-using-applied-chemistry/#comment-1500 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:01:31 +0000 http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/?p=1250#comment-1500 I have noticed a sulphurous taste to the tapwater near the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.

]]> By: James Robert Smith http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/if-i-could-live-in-the-pleistocene-part-ix-using-applied-chemistry/#comment-1499 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:23:37 +0000 http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/?p=1250#comment-1499 The artesian springs so common in southern Georgia must be sulphurous. The spoiled-egg stench that accompanies the outflow has to be sulphur, I would think.

I watched the soap-making process once at a National Park site in Missouri.

I know far too little of chemistry and native sources to be able to produce any of the things mentioned in your essay.

]]> By: Mark L. http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/if-i-could-live-in-the-pleistocene-part-ix-using-applied-chemistry/#comment-1490 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:13:28 +0000 http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/?p=1250#comment-1490 Gunpowder (and a fire source) makes a great non-lethal deterrent for large animals. I’m with you on the switch to ethanol also…many more uses and not as lethal as accidents will always happen.

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