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Is our planet pumping out oil?

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RudyGarmisch
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Summary: This geologist believes that microbes deep in the earths crust create hydrocarbons, which become fuel. He provides some pretty interesting evidence, such as the fact that some oil wells previously drained have been refilling with oil, as if its welling up from below... some interesting stuff for sure. Discuss?

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.07/gold_pr.html



Jun 10 2008 3:23PM
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R-Bertsch
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i've always heard about this, but i thought  the rate at which it is produced is soooooo far from the rate that we are using it that it doesnt really matter
Jun 10 2008 4:03PM
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Alexander_Keith
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Ahh but if we could study and harness this process we'd have an endless supply of man-made oil with which we could use endlessly in a proverbial socking in the mouth of all the bleeding heart hippy-liberal bastards that only serve to make me proud that I wake up every morning a red blooded republican American.

No but seriosuly cool beans.
Jun 10 2008 4:14PM
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White-Goblin
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wow
Jun 10 2008 5:51PM
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smooticus
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True, then we could destroy our ozone and kill the planet, that would be a giant kick in the crotch to those arrogant and selfish republican dicks.
Jun 10 2008 5:54PM
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coolhandluke
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jules verne never saw this one coming
Jun 10 2008 5:55PM
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mtsteeze406
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Or i could mow hippies like you over with my truck??
Jun 10 2008 5:58PM
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Calb3rt
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does it have a hemi?
Jun 10 2008 6:14PM
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Proze
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The fact that it may be able to greatly speed up the oil making process by man made means may be true but it solves one problem and cause more. More pollution and dependancy on oil, more global warming(if you think it isn't happenning im at a loss for words) and just more and more shitty govt. for the u.s. and more. What really should be done is put the already known means of pollutant free transport into action and forget about oil.
Jun 10 2008 6:21PM
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mtsteeze406
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ok, there has been PLENTY of global warming debates on here, but i fel like i must chime in. Yes things are changing, but have you studied the history of the earth? Things have been heating up and cooling down for  millions of years. I dont doubt for a second things are wierd and somethings happening, but how much is man made?  Is it really that rediculous to think that while we are causing some change, that the earth could be naturally changing as well?

I personally think global warming is way over hyped. Yes its a good thing to be clean and a good habitnt of earth, but some of this shit is rediculous.

Do you honestly think transportation is all oil is used for? i bet 90 percent of everything in your house is a by product of oil. We need the stuff to make life go round, plain and simple.

Forget about oil, and life as we know it ends.
Jun 10 2008 7:14PM
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mtsteeze406
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fuck no, chevy 350. You can hear that motherfucker comin a mile down the road.....
Jun 10 2008 7:22PM
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Calb3rt
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then i think its safe to say that hippies are safe for another day.
Jun 10 2008 7:30PM
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papasteeze
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June 6, 2008

High resolution (Credit: NOAA)

The March-May spring season was the 36th coolest on record for the contiguous United States, according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Separately, last month ended as the 34th coolest May for the contiguous United States, based on records dating back to 1895.

The average spring temperature of 51.4 degrees F was 0.5 degree F below the 20th century average. The average May temperature of 60.3 degrees F was 0.7 degree F below the 20th century mean, based on preliminary data.

U.S. Temperature Highlights

  • The March-May temperatures were cooler than average from the Northwest and extending throughout the central Plains and upper Mississippi Valley. In all, 19 states had a cooler-than-average spring.           
  • Twenty-five states were cooler than average for May. Pennsylvania was much cooler than average and ranked eighth coolest.
  • The unusually cool temperatures kept the nation’s overall temperature-related residential energy demand for May above average. Based on NOAA’s Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index, contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand was approximately 3.5 percent above average in May, but near average for the spring season.
Jun 10 2008 7:42PM
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ATLskier
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some true shit. my sister is a geologist too and has said that oil reserves constantly replenish themselves(but its def. not like they refill themselves after you pump that stuff out. It takes a while.
Jun 10 2008 7:48PM
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speedy29
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The ozone layer has deteriorated before and will do so again.
and areosol is the only man made thing proven to kill the ozone not oil
Jun 10 2008 7:49PM
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eastcoastsoloMAN
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oil is from all of the animals that died thousands of years ago, it should be reproducing. but im not a scientist
Jun 10 2008 8:13PM
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mtsteeze406
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well if the 350 dont get em, then the sled will, or the bike, or....
Jun 10 2008 8:39PM
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ATLskier
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youre asking to change the entire world here man, and fast too. It's not gonna happen. We need to drill oil now. the only solution is to keep developing new ideas and way for transportation and such, but they can't happen fast enough. We cant just end our dependence on oil. We need to drill what we need now.

Global warming is not as big of a deal anymore. the temperature of our planet is directly related to the number or sunspots on the sun. Right now there are none. Last time that happened was during the little ice age in the 1700s or around that time. I think global warming will be a hell of a lot better than the massive famines and crop failures that are associated with much much much colder temperatures(but the sking will be good at least).
Jun 10 2008 8:59PM
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Tasche
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this is called abiotic oil and it is not happening. Some scientists mostly Russian though this might be happening but it is not.

Whoever said that their sister is a geologist and believes this must be insane. No good geologist would believe the abiotic oil theory there is just too much evidence disproving it.

And if there is a refilling oil reservoir tell me where it is because I am about to become the richest man alive. Oil is formed over millions of years at great pressures and temperatures then travels from a source rock to a permeable sand stone with some type of trap.

Long story short there is no such thing as abiotic oil.
Jun 10 2008 10:40PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Maybe we should be creating alternative fuels?


NOT ETHANOL! I hate ethanol.
Jun 10 2008 10:49PM
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Tasche
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like what?
Jun 10 2008 10:52PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Well there was that tall grass that is more efficient than corn.
Jun 10 2008 11:17PM
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Bangor
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Yeah I've been reading about that, seems like a better alternative.

Corn has a very low net energy gain once you process it, whereas there are many other biofuels that pack more punch.




The problem is, what happens when we get to the point where we have to decide between biofuel and food? Land and water are going to become the new oil, as that's going to be a major factor in any wide scale bio-based fuel system.
Jun 10 2008 11:25PM
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SHastatahoe
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I have heard of this theory before, and I know there isnt a lot disproving it.  It is microbes doing the work in subterranian caves and stuff.  My roomates friend is a geologist (I'm a microbiologist) and he sais that they talk about it too.  It isnt that far fetched in terms of biological metabolism. 
Jun 11 2008 12:55AM
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Tasche
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there is so much wrong with that statement whatever.
Jun 11 2008 11:14PM
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Manlenium
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Check out the algae fuel thing. Thats sweet. Its made so fast too.
Jun 12 2008 12:43AM
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