Oil is a renewable energy source?
Abiotic Synthesis Of Methane: New Evidence Supports 19th-Century Idea On Formation Of Oil
posted on FR Sun 20 Dec 2009 02:40:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Also a proponent of Peak Oil :Matt Simmons Has Died
Haven’t some scientists, especially those from Russia, been saying this for years?
—check out “Thomas Gold”—
Many of us believe the abiotic oil theory.
The russians/ukranians have never bought the fossil fuel explanation for oil and posited the deep earth natural process instead. The problem with the fossil fuel theory is how does all this plant matter die, but not decay, and then find itself under enormous pressure to turn to oil? Pretty much anything that dies ultimately decays long before it could be preserved in mud or earth. The rate of top soil rich in dead plant matter being consumed to inner earth seems a bit far fetched.
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Does that mean this was an unstable reaction and would not result in accumulation of heavier products?
We were discussing this hypothesis in my high school geology class 35 years ago! Well, the was when they taught ideas and not feelings.
Makes one wonder if somewhere in the future, those who contended that oil came from organic matter decomposed over time will be looked upon like flat-earthers are now.
Time for the geologists of the world to man up, admit that Thomas Gold was right all along, and give him the posthumous apology that he deserves.
Unless it’s changed, they’ve never been conclusive how oil was formed. Just a theory how it does. I’ve always thought there was a chance oil was “renewable”. Maybe they are coming close to this realization...the subject is interesting nonetheless.
Drill, Baby, Drill.
Given sufficient energy virtually any molecular transformation is thermodynamically possible.
And indeed gravitationally or thermally produced Pressure, through various contrivances can be harnessed for Free Energy (A).
We haven't even begun to touch the possibilities.
Except that the truly ugly Left, politicians, desperately need to manipulate others to confirm their own sad identity. That is how we view for example Elena Kagan, Obama, etc. and no other way.
Johnny Suntrade
This experiment seems a lot like that “a lighting strike in the primordial soup can create something like an amino acide” which was pretty much taken to mean life on Earth was an accident of nature.
But again, that expirement and theory was politcally palatable, while naturally occuring oil would upset quite a few applecarts.
Finite or Infinite?
A lot more money to be made when something is finite...
The Russian scientists have been on this idea of abiotic oil generation a lot longer than people in the west.
It sort of makes sense, in a way.
The Russians’ culture was atheistic and assumed God did not exist.
Western scientists’ work was biased in that they were in a culture that was very theistic and they like to rebel against that.
Dinosaurs from millions of years ago making oil is better to use when pointing and laughing at “fundies” than saying “oil is created through natural processes in the earth”.
Does anybody have a copy of the map correlating deep impact astroid strikes and the corresponding proven oil reserves.
When I saw that map there was no mention of abiotic oil formation but it would sure explain the correlation.
I never bought that dinosaur and plant BS. There has never been enough of those to make the amount of oil we have. Coal is different. It’s relatively shallow and you can see the fossils in it. Nobody ever explained how all that oil got way down there..........
dynos don’t make oil!