[MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] I Give Up

[Spurling, Shannon]

I have heard that theory put forward by the guy who originally came up
with the Big Bang theory. His thought was that bacteria generate
hydrocarbons as a waste product. They have observed this with natural
gas refilling old wells, but crude oil has never been observed in this
manner. I am curious if the crude might occur at a later stage when the
cavities fill, and the bacteria end up reprocessing the lighter
hydrocarbons into longer chain compounds. I'm just speculating, and that
and a $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee.
 
I think it's a bit silly to dismiss this type of theory because they
haven't observed this particular process when they really never observed
the biogenic creation of petroleum either. Were there really large scale
geological shifts that can account for the depth and quantity of
petroleum deposits we have found? 

S-

 

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[mailto:discussion-bounces at mlug.missouri.edu] On Behalf Of Christian M.
Cepel
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] I Give Up

Oh, what was discussed ran the gamut and I'm not certain I bought even 
some of their basic premises, but some seemed to think that these 
'fossil fuels' aren't actually 'fossil fuels' and that they are 
something of a constantly renewable resource not reliant on huge sources

of biomatter and all the other factors that we commonly accept as how 
they are created.   I actually thought it sounded like a bunch of 
rubbish and I'm not sure why I posted it.

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
>
>> I'm not certain I buy it, but I've heard a bit of strange speculation

>> that we don't know as much about fossil fuels as we think we do... 
>> with regards to both their genesis and the extent of their supply.
>>
>> I haven't read anything about it, just heard discussion on and off 
>> the radio.
>
> And what is the implication?  That we might not run out as soon as we 
> thought we would?
>
> Mike
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