Dinosaur killer may have struck oil

Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | May 07, 2008 | Larry O'Hanlon

[SunkenCiv]

...and powdered wig. :’)

[coconutt2000]

You forget to mention, he’s wearing lace... frilly lace.

Sad.

[scan59]

There are no trees, land plants, or dinosaurs in crude oil, and there's never been a theory to that effect.

Oil comes from ancient dead microscopic plankton (algae and diatoms) that lived in shallow seas.

Actually, during elementary and jr high school back in the 60's and 70's, we were taught that it came from dead dinosaurs, trees, and other plant life. Guess our teachers were taught wrong themselves. (Government conspiracy? You decide... Just kidding.)

[Nowhere Man]

There are no trees, land plants, or dinosaurs in crude oil, and there's never been a theory to that effect.

Oil comes from ancient dead microscopic plankton (algae and diatoms) that lived in shallow seas.

Well, I know I took some bio waste as an experiment and it seemed to decay into an oil-like morass. I say it is possible that past life has become fossil fuels but I do believe that is not the only way fossil fuels can form. I've heard of your theory as well and I believe that is it quite possible. IIRC, there was a Soviet scientist back in the 1970's who claimed that oil production can be a natural planetary process as well. There are stories of play out oil fields becoming viable again and even here in the Pittsburgh area, there is talk of bringing some old oil wells online again. I think there could be multiple ways and sources at play here.

[Grimmy]

“That was conventional wisdom for a while. Not so sure anymore as Titan Has More Oil Than Earth is a little hard to explain by dead dinos and plants.”

Oh, now that’s going to be an interesting pipe line construction job.

[SunkenCiv]

Asteroid Impact Made Hail of Carbon Beads
Sky & Telescope
May 5, 2008
United Press International
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/wires?id=117077452&c=y

The researchers said they believe the liquid carbon rocketed skyward and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet. The team of U.S., U.K., Italian and New Zealand researchers said those beads, known as carbon cenospheres, cannot be formed through plant matter combustion... The carbon cenospheres were deposited next to a thin layer of the element iridium — an element more likely to be found in solar system asteroids than on Earth. The iridium-laden dust is believed to be the shattered remains of the approximately 125-mile-wide asteroid’s impact.