[Eaglefixer]

There is a theory pursued by the Russians that oil is not a fossil fuel at all but is generated deep under the crust my microbes. As evidence some oil wells in the gulf which were thought depleted have resurged.

[Strategerist]

There is a theory pursued by the Russians that oil is not a fossil fuel at all but is generated deep under the crust my microbes.

Which pretty much nobody takes seriously.

As evidence some oil wells in the gulf which were thought depleted have resurged.

You can get some movement of oil among reservoirs, but the claim of this as "proof" of abiogenic oil is essentially somewhere between a gross exagerration and a lie.

[SunkenCiv]

It was also researched by the late Thomas Gold.

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The Deep, Hot Biosphere by Thomas Gold foreword by Freeman Dyson

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