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Peak Oil
In reply to the discussion: Enough oil no longer the problem [View all]Socialistlemur
(770 posts)25. I think you are confused
Thomas Gold never drilled anywhere. He convinced the Swedish government to drill the Syljan Crater in Sweden. He felt the hydrocarbons could come to earth riding on comets. The well was drilled and at one point some rock samples had some black tar like material stuck to them. Gold, who was a self promoter claimed these smudges proved his theory. But the smudges were proved to be small amounts of the grease used on the threads of the pipes which were joined together to make up the really long drill they had used. As it turned out, Gold's claimed "outer space tar" was grease made by humans using hydrocarbons derived from un oxidized organic matter.
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Nah, Gold's abiotic petroleum theories are still zany and unsupported by evidence
Spider Jerusalem
Mar 2013
#6
That's not entirely true. You are repeating the conventional wisdm of geologists
BlueStreak
Mar 2013
#9
You are illustrating my point very well -- jumping to unsupported conclusions
BlueStreak
Mar 2013
#11
I guess it must be easy to formulate a theory, fail to prove it then die?
Socialistlemur
Sep 2013
#24