There's an infinite amount of nonsense (eagerly lapped up by the majority of FR, it seems) regarding abiogenic petroleum.
This particular article at least gets points for not claiming the standard theory of oil is that it comes from dinosaurs.
Maybe we should get into the snake oi- I mean, abiogenic petroleum business. We'd have a crowd of ready-made suckers for our super cheap, super powerful oil.
In order to understand why petroleum might actually be produced in the crust of the earth, you have to have a knowledge, at least rudimentary, of physics. First, you have to know where elements other than hydrogen were formed. Then you have to understand what happens to some after they were formed. It is easy to disrespect the theories of others when you don't know what they are talking about.
Basically, all of the elements on earth were formed in stars, either during the active life cycle, for most elements lighter than iron, or during the final seconds of the stars' lives, as in the case of nearly all of the elements heavier than iron. This would include all of the radioactive metals like uranium. Almost all elements heavier than lead are unstable and radioactive. Radioactivity is the process by which elements like uranium and thorium and many others become lighter elements, by throwing off neutrons and protons. All elements heavier than lead are radioactive in some way, and there are also many isotopes of lighter elements that are radioactive in some way. Ever hear of Carbon-14?
In essence, a neutron or a proton is, for all practical purposes, an atom of hydrogen. All that needs to happen with the hyrogen atoms is to find a carbon atom to join up with, and guess what? You have hydrocarbons! Yes, boys and girls, hydrocarbons. One of the simplest hydrocarbons is methane, CH3. It isn't a very long stretch to get to more complex hydrocarbons. Plus, Thomas Gold was a lot smarter than a lot of people who post on Free Republic.