Hello Lawry, This is a very controversial theory, vigorously espoused by one fellow, vigorously doubted by most geoscientists. I have some references and will search for more or better ones.
Stephen Straker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vancouver, B.C. Lawrence DeBivort wrote: > Recently, a most respected and technically qualified friend visited, and > among the other ideas he laid on me was the following: > > Oil (petroleum) is not created by the decay of biomass over eons. It is > created by some form of bacteria. The implications are that oil may be an > unlimited resource, and that we are not drawing down on a resource that will > become increasingly rare and expensive. Also: productive and long-term oil > deposits are likely to be more common than commonly thought. > > My reaction was skepticism, but this friend is no lightweight, has a very > strong engineering and scientific background, and carries on an active and > personal worldwide technology and science scan. > > Your thoughts? _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
