New Discovery Means The World May Never Run Out of Fuel!

Digitaljournal.com ^ | 09/13/2009 | Stephanie Dearing

[QenBirQeni]

A team of scientists based at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have made a "revolutionary" discovery about how hydrocarbon is formed, learning that animal and plant fossils are not necessary to form crude oil.
The discovery, the scientists say, means that the world will never run out of crude oil.

[redhead]

"Whoa, I can heart environmentalists fainting at reading this article."

Check out Thomas Gold's "The Deep Hot Biosphere." He was way ahead of his time, but I think you will be impressed. Here's a "synopsis" from Wired Magazine.

[redhead]

"It does not matter if it’s being renewed, if the rate of renewal is much less than the rate of usage."

True. But I seem to recall that the Trans-Alaska Pipeline was supposed to only be in service for twenty years or so, at which time it would have exhausted the North Slope's available oil supply. It's been in continuous operation since the mid-seventies, despite tapping numerous new wells, advances in recovery technology, and increased demand.