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Old 12-02-2009, 03:39 PM
 
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Many Russians and Ukrainians — no slouches in the hard sciences — have since the 1950s held that oil does not come exclusively, or even partly, from dinosaurs but is formed below the Earth’s 25-mile deep crust. This theory — first espoused in 1877 by Dmitri Mendeleev, who also developed the periodic table...

The Nature study follows Kutcherov’s previous work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that created hydrocarbons out of water, calcium carbonate and iron — products in the Earth’s mantle. By superheating his ingredients in a pressure chamber at 30,000 times atmospheric pressure, simulating the conditions in the Earth’s mantle, Kutcherov’s alchemy converted 1.5% of his concoction into hydrocarbons — gases such as methane as well as components of heavier oils. The implication of this research, which suggests that hydrocarbons are continuously generated through natural processes? Petroleum is a sustainable resource that will last as long as Planet Earth.


Very interesting research which I believe warrants further study.

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Old 12-02-2009, 03:51 PM
 
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Many Russians and Ukrainians — no slouches in the hard sciences — have since the 1950s held that oil does not come exclusively, or even partly, from dinosaurs but is formed below the Earth’s 25-mile deep crust. This theory — first espoused in 1877 by Dmitri Mendeleev, who also developed the periodic table...

The Nature study follows Kutcherov’s previous work, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that created hydrocarbons out of water, calcium carbonate and iron — products in the Earth’s mantle. By superheating his ingredients in a pressure chamber at 30,000 times atmospheric pressure, simulating the conditions in the Earth’s mantle, Kutcherov’s alchemy converted 1.5% of his concoction into hydrocarbons — gases such as methane as well as components of heavier oils. The implication of this research, which suggests that hydrocarbons are continuously generated through natural processes? Petroleum is a sustainable resource that will last as long as Planet Earth.


Very interesting research which I believe warrants further study.

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In a zoology class I was taking in 1969 at a Catholic college, the dean of the pre-med department told the class that carbon only comes from one source, pre-living things. I had already read about methane gases in the galaxies, so I grimaced. He then looked straight at me and said sternly, "anyone who believes otherwise should leave this class right now!"

Catholics have very strong feelings about this subject.
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Old 12-02-2009, 03:56 PM
 
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Nice. Turn a thread into Catholic-bashing. Idiot. People should instead be reading about Peak Oil.
The Catholics are pretty much zero sum, too!
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Old 12-02-2009, 04:00 PM
 
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This gets covered by George Noori fairly often on AM Coast to Coast. Its a possible theory that can at least be discussed. The same goes for global warming.
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Old 12-02-2009, 04:13 PM
 
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Nice. Turn a thread into Catholic-bashing. Idiot. People should instead be reading about Peak Oil.
Put you wallet on the counter, and then back away slowly - this thread is being hijacked -


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AKvRvL5r3A
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Old 12-02-2009, 04:18 PM
 
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In a zoology class I was taking in 1969 at a Catholic college, the dean of the pre-med department told the class that carbon only comes from one source, pre-living things. I had already read about methane gases in the galaxies, so I grimaced. He then looked straight at me and said sternly, "anyone who believes otherwise should leave this class right now!"
I had to surmise from that stern warning, that dinosaurs had mastered space travel millions of years ago.
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