Let ME see what you can find .......... please!!!!
;-)
Mr. Gold was a very wise man.
Gold was an interesting guy with a wide-ranging intellect who had some great accomplishments but turned out to be dead wrong about a lot of things.
You might want to read these regarding petroleum (but I suspect you will not):
http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/abstracts/2005research_calgary/abstracts/extended/mello/mello.htm
http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/abstracts/2005research_calgary/abstracts/extended/dow/dow.htm