{"id":1728,"date":"2005-11-05T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-05T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/11\/05\/answers-on-abiotic-oil\/"},"modified":"2005-11-05T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-05T13:57:00","slug":"answers-on-abiotic-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/answers-on-abiotic-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Answers on Abiotic Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"
Several people (mostly not sustainablog readers) have passed along items promoting the “abiotic oil” theory, described in this book description from WorldNutDaily<\/a>:<\/p>\n …oil is not a product of fossils and prehistoric forests but rather the bio-product of a continuing biochemical reaction below the earth’s surface that is brought to attainable depths by the centrifugal forces of the earth’s rotation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As I’m not a geologist, I was in no position to debate this nonsense, so I’m happy to see that The Oil Drum has posted evidence<\/a> demonstrating that abiotic oil is bogus. Apparently, proponents of the theory (including Jerome Corsi, a big player behind Swift Boat Veterans for Truth) like to point to Vietnam’s White Tiger and Black Lion oil fields<\/a> as evidence. Writer Dave offers evidence that the “geologic context” of these fields explains the presence of oil, not some whack-job alternative theory…<\/p>\n Sorry to sound a little cranky here, but I find myself getting touchier about the right-wing “science” machine… These folks are doing a service to no one (not even, as a commenter at TOD points out<\/a>, the big oil companies…). Scratch that — I suppose they are serving businesses that promote\/rely on thoughtless consumption… go ahead and buy another Hummer… nothing to worry about here…<\/p>\n Categories: abiotic<\/a>, oil<\/a>, theory<\/a>, peak oil<\/a>, geology<\/a>, right wing nut jobs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several people (mostly not sustainablog readers) have passed along items promoting the “abiotic oil” theory, described in this book description from WorldNutDaily: …oil is not a product of fossils and [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n