Posted on 03/29/2010 10:16:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BTTT
To buy into the theroy that we are running out of oil, you have to beleive that the process by which it is formed no longer happens.
Here we go again....
Some of the other moons and planets seem to be made of frozen methane.
I don’t think we’ll find frozen dinosaurs and forests there. So that would make it sound like hydrocarbons are the basic building block of the universe.
Although, who knows. The sooner we put a lander on the surface maybe the sooner we find out. The universe may be weirder than we know.
The fossil fuel crowd can predict where to find oil which strongly bolsters their theories. The abiotic theories will always be little more than curious sidenotes until they can reliably predict where to find oil.
Read the article...
>To buy into the theroy that we are running out of oil, you have to beleive that the process by which it is formed no longer happens.
True. Even if oil and NG are generated via biological organisms then it should be replicable... of course maybe it’s the “Western World” that is indoctrinated; consider how this could/would impact [the] evolutionists, who claim that oil IS dinosaurs.
Of course there’s nothing that says that oil and NG _can’t_ be produced biotically AND abiotically; in fact this could be expected if it were a process that operated on carbon-concentrates as Earth-borne life is Carbon-based.
>The fossil fuel crowd can predict where to find oil which strongly bolsters their theories. The abiotic theories will always be little more than curious sidenotes until they can reliably predict where to find oil.
See my post #8.
Not only has the U.S. economic growth been stunted by our insistence on not drilling our own oil, but we have funded Muslim terrorist states, incurred large deficits, and built strategic oil reserves all in vain.
I did. The abiotic crowd has a theory which has yet to be put to the test. My point still stands, they have to show that their theory can reliably predict where to drill.
I agree.
In the ‘70s scientist discovered deep ocean thermal vents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_vent
The oceans are pulled in toward the core boiled and enriched and then vented. Hmmm...aren’t the oceans the largest carbon sinks on the planet? Yes they are, so CO2 in the atmosphere gets absorbed by the oceans then the CO2 saturated sea water gets pulled toward the core and super heated under pressure. Suggesting that this is how oil is made. We can burn as much as we want and the planet recycles it and produces more. A natural cycle. The anti-SUV, global warming nuts will explode.
Perhaps both theories are correct? There’s more than one way to create chained hydrocarbons. Scientistst argued about light for decades before they finally agreed that it was both a particle and a wave.
Well for starters.
1, I believe there are substantially more conventional reserves that have not been tapped at all. This is contrary to the peak oil folks.
It’s not an either/or question. You don’t have to choose between an abiogenic origin or peak oil. There are more fossil fuel theories than just ‘peak oil’, which has consistantly been proven wrong.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2482838%2C15
The claim is that there is enough oil for 2041 years.
I’m not worried about oil or fuel, but I am worried about this radical socialist administration.
“To buy into the theroy that we are running out of oil, you have to beleive that the process by which it is formed no longer happens.”
Or what is more likely is that it happens at a rate much slower than our consumption rate. If so then the outcome is indistinguishable from it no longer happening.
All major field being in production decline is a good indicator that if they are being replenished they aren’t being replenished at any significant rate.
Abiotic, is it? Hey, maybe it's antibiotic, and cures (pick your favourite disease), AND!! it's included under this new bloody statist 'healthcare' plan!
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Joe...m'FRiend, dontcha get just bloody tired of this kwapola? I do.
Nonetheless, best to ya!
“There are more fossil fuel theories than just ‘peak oil’, which has consistantly been proven wrong.”
The theory of ‘peak oil’ as I understand it refers to the peak of oil production of a given field, and is based on geology. It was originally proposed by Marion Hubbert based on his work as the chief geologist for Shell Oil and was originally known as ‘Hubbert’s peak’ theory. From what I have read it has been proven correct over and over again by the production rates of many field of differing sizes. Even the Ghawar field is showing the same predicted production behavior.
What ‘peak oil’ theory are you referring to that has been consistently proven wrong.
I’m referring to the alarmist position wrt to total worldwide oil reserves. We were already supposed to be out of oil 10 years ago according to their predictions.
I’m not referring to the principle behind the wells and their usual lifespan.
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