Read Thomas Gold’s “The Deep, Hot Biosphere”.
The abiotic theory of hydrocarbon genesis has been widely believed by the Russians and Ukrainians for a long time. It is heresy to speak of this theory in western oil companies.
I used to work for BP in Alaska. Their geologists would have a hard time finding oil in the automotive section of a Costco store. That they believe crude is nothing more than dead dinosaur goo doesn’t surprise me.
I'm an Aussie. What happened? The US was once in the forefront of everything...now, anything different or new is automatically derided and discarded out of hand. It's not an attitude that augers well for the US of A.
:) Good one!
I had an interesting experience about 3 weeks ago. I was standing in line at the supermarket with a pretty full cart.
There was a fellow in a wheelchair behind me who just had a couple things, so I asked him if he wanted to go first, because the line was long.
He said no, he was in no hurry, he was just enjoying himself, and had just retired from 25 tears of work up north.
He had had an aneurysm on his aorta and they fixed it but had to take it easy.
He had been a hydraulic engineer.
In Alaska.
At Prudhoe Bay.
I talked to him long enough to know that HE KNEW what he was talking about. He said he saw samples of oil that were so pure they practically looked like Wesson corn oil.
It would amaze him if we’ve gotten even two percent of what’s up there.
According to him, it’s very rare for any exploration to go on and NOT FIND oil. It’s ALL OVER the Alaska coastline and surveys in the Arctic ocean CONSISTENTLY show VAST quantities of oil.
A very interesting chat... and I believe him!
“I used to work for BP in Alaska. Their geologists would have a hard time finding oil in the automotive section of a Costco store.”
Now that’s funny!! Thanks for the laugh,