tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post3405352625048928615..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: More tighty righty nonsenseBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-58405086740130428112008-02-03T14:28:00.000-08:002008-02-03T14:28:00.000-08:00*ALL* of the current "literature" on abiotic oil s...*ALL* of the current "literature" on abiotic oil stems from Thomas Gold's work. There is no (zero) literature published in refereed scientific journals supporting the notion that any of the current oil reservoirs formed abiotically. Rather, all the attempts to determine the source of current oil reservoirs concludes that, based upon the carbon isotopes present, the geographical strata in which they're located, etc., the chances of them being formed by anything other than decaying organic matter under pressure is about the same as the chances of George W. Bush being considered by history as the nation's best president ever. I.e., none.<BR/><BR/>Now, it is possible to take methane gas and turn it into oil, using various catalytic processes and a lot of energy. There is no denying this. This is the technology that the Nazis and South Africans used to derive oil from coal (the Fischer-Tropsch process), they first gassified the coal (basically extracted methane gas from it) then ran the methane gas through a catalytic conversion process to turn it into oil. But if any such oil does exist in nature (which is doubtful, it requires a catalyst in the lab), the processes obviously aren't happening quickly enough to replenish the existing oil reservoirs, so it's a notion of theoretical value only. Otherwise that Texas oilman's oil well wouldn't run dry...<BR/><BR/>- Badtux the Oily PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-11069426148369546102008-02-03T13:16:00.000-08:002008-02-03T13:16:00.000-08:00The abiotic-oil idea has been around for a long t...The <A HREF="http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/1130.html" REL="nofollow">abiotic-oil </A> idea has been around for a long time, and some people with serious academic chops have researched and advocated it; for example, <A HREF="http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2209" REL="nofollow">Thomas Gold</A> (admittedly, not a geologist). It may not be completely wrong.<BR/><BR/>Of course, nothing in Gold's theories says that we cannot run out of oil by pumping it faster than it is formed, however it is formed. Probably many of those who advance this idea now do so in bad faith, to avoid acknowledging the consequences of America's massive oil consumption.<BR/><BR/>Consequences have a way of happening whether we acknowledge them or not.<BR/>"A crisis is just the end of an illusion." -- Gerald Weinbergjoel haneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946546309257239019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-67035119916296589562008-02-03T09:42:00.000-08:002008-02-03T09:42:00.000-08:00Badtux! No biscuit! (always wanted to say that.)Th...Badtux! No biscuit! (always wanted to say that.)<BR/><BR/>These are all the same guys who spout out about the BUSH / CLINTON CRIME SYNDICATE. They tend to be intelligent people who use that intelligence for evil, ie: rationalizing otherwise batshit theories into 'logical' existence right alongside evolution, gravity and the theory of atlantis.<BR/><BR/>You mean you haven't heard that they FOUND Atlantis? Its been located on one of the moons of Jupiter, and they erected a big sign that says 'Duck!'. <A HREF="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-donald-trump-rat.jpg" REL="nofollow">Here's a link.</A>PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810881819814989093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-88447604619014426682008-02-03T00:07:00.000-08:002008-02-03T00:07:00.000-08:00hey badtux, way off topic, but enigman4ever is wai...hey badtux, way off topic, but enigman4ever is waiting for you for a slow dance <A HREF="http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2008/02/skippys-saturday-nite-music-club-dance.html" REL="nofollow">over at skippy</A>...skippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-34391264069439236512008-02-01T19:09:00.000-08:002008-02-01T19:09:00.000-08:00C-13Ah, I suppose you mean Carbon-13. Why didn't y...C-13<BR/><BR/>Ah, I suppose you mean Carbon-13. Why didn't you just say so?<BR/><BR/>Right about now I would like to have a lot of C-3.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-75613589618276039572008-02-01T16:34:00.000-08:002008-02-01T16:34:00.000-08:00I recently had an exasperating conversation with m...I recently had an exasperating conversation with my brother in law, who believes in abiotic oil. He informed me that oil is actually "the substance that lubricates the earth's tectonic plates." No, dude. That's molten magma.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02716397987389879836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-2835735014588787182008-02-01T16:16:00.000-08:002008-02-01T16:16:00.000-08:00BBC, most of Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana ...BBC, most of Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana collapsed into the sea after all the oil and gas was pumped out from under it. During the 10 years it took to pump all the oil and gas out from under it, you can watch it sink on the satellite photos... mostly land in 1970, mostly water in 1980. Towns which had existed for close to 200 years ended up underwater... SPLASH!BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-11150365748344309552008-02-01T14:05:00.000-08:002008-02-01T14:05:00.000-08:00The political monkeys are in deep denial about a l...The political monkeys are in deep denial about a lot of things. And they can't control the capitalist monkeys. <BR/><BR/>You in deep shit shorty.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-25507332390977224932008-02-01T14:03:00.000-08:002008-02-01T14:03:00.000-08:00I sometimes wonder if after they remove the guts o...I sometimes wonder if after they remove the guts of the earth if it won't collapse, implode.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.com