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Pell Mell
02-02-2008, 04:16 PM
Is oil a fossil or abiotic fuel? Lots of smart people here, what's your opinion?

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47675

46zilzal
02-02-2008, 06:45 PM
The abyssal, abiotic theory of oil formation continues to receive attention due to the work of retired Cornell astronomy professor Thomas Gold, known for several theories that were initially dismissed but eventually proven true, including the existence of neutron stars. He has also been wrong, however; he was a proponent of the "steady state" theory of the universe, which has since been discarded for the "Big Bang" theory. Gold's theory of oil formation, which he expounded in a book entitled The Deep Hot Biosphere, is that hydrogen and carbon, under high temperatures and pressures found in the mantle during the formation of the Earth, form hydrocarbon molecules which have gradually leaked up to the surface through cracks in rocks. The organic materials which are found in petroleum deposits are easily explained by the metabolism of bacteria which have been found in extreme environments similar to Earth's mantle. These hyperthermophiles, or bacteria which thrive in extreme environments, have been found in hydrothermal vents, at the bottom of volcanoes, and in places where scientists formerly believed life was not possible. Gold argues that the mantle contains vast numbers of these bacteria.

http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/1130.html

Tom
02-02-2008, 07:00 PM
Then I vote abiotic!

46zilzal
02-02-2008, 08:46 PM
I prefer this theory however.
http://www.energyinst.org.uk/education/natural/2.htm

ceejay
02-02-2008, 08:49 PM
Both models are operative, IMO. I know Tom Gold and even worked with him on the Siljan Ring Swedish project. I can't say much ethically but I believe that the well was drilled using oil-based mud.

Most of the oil currently produced is likely biogenic IMO.

Pell Mell
02-04-2008, 07:17 AM
Newest discovery:

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=60033

ceejay
02-04-2008, 09:18 AM
We've known for some time that Neptune's moon Triton had abiogenic methane.
http://www.nineplanets.org/triton.html

rastajenk
02-04-2008, 01:27 PM
Too bad the silly Neptune First-ers are preventing us from exploiting it.

Tom
02-04-2008, 02:49 PM
Those damned comet huggers!