This article contains irrefutable evidence concerning the abiotic (aka abiogenic) nature of virtually all hydrocarbons (e.g. petroleum and methane gas) found throughout the earth's crust and mantle. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews] Reference
Theirs is the abiogenic origin of petroleum deposits. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
Still does not rule out the abiogenic theory of hydrocarbons. From Wordnik.com. [Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit] Reference
Second, the abiogenic theory was promoted by Thomas Gold, a scientist who taught at Cornell. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
As to abiogenic hydrocarbons, it has been conclusively proven that they can form in deep crustal conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » A Great Example Why Peak Oil Theory Has Never Been That Compelling to Me] Reference
E. is voting for abiogenic petroleum as "certified crackpot," with respect to the earth's large petroleum reserves. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
Unless, of course, you count the whole thing with the abiogenic oil proponents as part of the evolution “debate”. From Wordnik.com. [Bazell says "quit whining" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The abiogenic petroleum stories have been ongoing for long enough that they would have been found to have some basis in fact. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Is Not A Fossil Fuel? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Recall that folks in this very thread have asserted stuff like “I believe that oil is… abiogenic” — without qualification. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
Can someone, perhaps you XWL, explain what exactly prevents people from thinking that abiogenic petroleum is controversial as a belief?. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
It's also not clear to me (though I'm no specialist in this area) how (simple) methane according to the abiogenic theory readily gets converted into (complex) crude oil. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
A primary objection as I recall was that the particular example would have evolved as part of an abiogenic process which of course puts it into the realm of the explored. From Wordnik.com. [Blogginheads Controversy] Reference
Gold also published a book of the same title in 1999 … He has been accused of stealing the abiogenic theory outright from Soviet geologists who first published it in the 1950s. From Wordnik.com. [The Abiogenic Theory of Petroleum Production « Skid Roche] Reference
Although he later credited Soviet research, it is claimed that he first published a paper on the abiogenic theory in 1979 without citing any of the Soviet literature on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Abiogenic Theory of Petroleum Production « Skid Roche] Reference
Independent, multiple origin lines would infer an abiogenic process that is robust with respect to its capacity to generate life but narrow in terms of the scope of its end products. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
Even if we grant that the ‘evidence’ is ‘fact’, “abiogenic HCs” on gas giants probably refers to methane or similar-sized molecules, and not structures of the size and complexity to be classified as petroleum/oil/bitumen/etc. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Is Not A Fossil Fuel? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
The area of investigation is with emissions both wmgg,voc and aerosols,and the quantitative measurements,sampling methodology and the qualitative attributes that were used to test differentials between thermogenic,abiogenic,and biogenic emissions. From Wordnik.com. [A few inconvenient truths « Climate Audit] Reference
So if I'm understanding this correctly, the abiogenic supporters would naturally fall under the Conservative side, since they believe in continuing oil exploration, whereas the biogenic ones believe in the inherent limits of petroleum, and are more more likely to be "eco-friendly" / Liberal. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
According to Kutcherov, a leading specialist in the theory of abiogenic deep origin of petroleum …. From Wordnik.com. [whoar.co.nz] Reference
There is no convincing occurrence of abiogenic oil anywhere and this explains the failure of Gold's theory, based on hugely wrong hydrate estimates. From Wordnik.com. [The Oil Drum: Europe - Analysis and Discussion of the European Energy Gap and Peak Oil] Reference
Here, I'll examine a diverse set of four more claims, involving abiogenic oil, paleontological hijinks, hemp's value as a biofuel and an unexpected consequence of global warming. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
"Although the abiogenic hypothesis was accepted by some geologists in the former Soviet Union, most geologists now consider the biogenic formation of petroleum scientifically supported". From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
The US can find all it could ever want just by drilling deep enough within its own borders, by pursuing the theory of abiogenic oil, the theory turned into practice by the Russsians which has allowed them to become the worlds leading supplier of petroleum. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] Reference
The basis for these claims rests upon a paper delivered before a symposium in 1994, authored by V.A. Krayushkin, J.F. Kenney and others, "Recent applications of the modern theory of abiogenic hydrocarbon origins: drilling and development of oil and gas fields in the Dneiper-Donetsk basin.". From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
"the abiogenic hypothesis has little support among contemporary petroleum geologists,". From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
The hypothesis of abiogenic petroleum origin is a decidedly minority position, but it isn't an entirely crackpot theory, either. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
He explains why ‘evidence’ of abiogenic HCs on gas giants doesn’t make it even close to likely that long chain HCs (such as required for oil) would/could result. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Is Not A Fossil Fuel? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
I was just reading over Richard Heinberg’s article in which it was declared there was evidence of abiogenic hydrocarbons on the large gas giants where no organic matter could exist. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Is Not A Fossil Fuel? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
“Gold achieved fame for his 1992 paper “The Deep Hot Biosphere” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which presented a controversial view of the origin of coal, oil, and gas deposits, a theory of an abiogenic petroleum origin. From Wordnik.com. [The Abiogenic Theory of Petroleum Production « Skid Roche] Reference
I do think the abiogenic theory may have merit. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
In his book "The Deep, Hot Biosphere" Thomas Gold in July of 1992 (which convinced the Swedish government to drill two wells on the Siljan meteorite crater looking for abiogenic oil and gas. From Wordnik.com. [The Oil Drum: Europe - Analysis and Discussion of the European Energy Gap and Peak Oil] Reference
Oil is abiogenic. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
Biogenic vs. abiogenic. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book).] Reference
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