Wait a minute, carbonaceous material, like the calcium carbonate produced in the billions of tonnes in the sea by Coccolithophores that settles, ends up miles under subsequent layers, and gets subducted to regions of high temperature and pressure along with the water.... and produces... dinosaur juice?
Crude oil isn't produced by pressing any sort of former living things. The element profiles are very different, after you get past the common elements C, O, and H. There are a number of elements that appear in crude, but not in any living thing. There are also elements that appear in almost all living things, but doesn't appear in crude.
"Dinosaur juice" I thought was non-sequitur enough to signal sarcasm. Not to worry, the meaning is the understanding so I will take the blame for not including a /s
Yeah, I agree. I think there must be more than one source for oil. Some oil must come from coal itself, as coal is often wet with oil, but I like the abiotic theories too.
Does it? I've never thought of petroleum as "dinosaur juice." I'm more taken by Vladimir Larin's theory that it is the result of hydrogen gas percolating upward through the mantle, scavenging carbon by reduction chemistry. (The hydrogen comes from degassing metallic hydrides at the core of the Earth.)
But, yeah, with available nuclear heat one could make hydrocarbon fuel from limestone and water.
I'm not a geologist. Where would I have heard of "the dominant theory," and did you just describe it? I asked a simple question and you could have answered it, but all you did was question my question. Not a very straightforward conversational manner. I do recommend reading Larin's book. He makes a very detailed case for consideration.
I like the abiotic theory too, which is why I was mocking the dino-juice theory (all oil is from organic matter) by proposing a possible alternative abiotic theory (albeit that the carbonate could come from phytoplankton)
We are in general agreement, although some oil clearly does come from buried organics, such as oil that leeches out of coal deposits. Nevermind no hard feelings.
Wait a minute, carbonaceous material, like the calcium carbonate produced in the billions of tonnes in the sea by Coccolithophores that settles, ends up miles under subsequent layers, and gets subducted to regions of high temperature and pressure along with the water.... and produces... dinosaur juice?
Crude oil isn't produced by pressing any sort of former living things. The element profiles are very different, after you get past the common elements C, O, and H. There are a number of elements that appear in crude, but not in any living thing. There are also elements that appear in almost all living things, but doesn't appear in crude.
So there's no such thing as "dinosaur juice."
Bless you Aspie.
"Dinosaur juice" I thought was non-sequitur enough to signal sarcasm. Not to worry, the meaning is the understanding so I will take the blame for not including a /s
I don't catch those sometimes with the sarc tag. As an old Aspie, I've learned enough rules to seem normal most of the time, but I still have lapses.
BTW, "fossil" fuel is a pet peeve. The only real fossil fuel is coal.
Yeah, I agree. I think there must be more than one source for oil. Some oil must come from coal itself, as coal is often wet with oil, but I like the abiotic theories too.
Does it? I've never thought of petroleum as "dinosaur juice." I'm more taken by Vladimir Larin's theory that it is the result of hydrogen gas percolating upward through the mantle, scavenging carbon by reduction chemistry. (The hydrogen comes from degassing metallic hydrides at the core of the Earth.)
But, yeah, with available nuclear heat one could make hydrocarbon fuel from limestone and water.
You never heard of the dominant theory? ok
I'm not a geologist. Where would I have heard of "the dominant theory," and did you just describe it? I asked a simple question and you could have answered it, but all you did was question my question. Not a very straightforward conversational manner. I do recommend reading Larin's book. He makes a very detailed case for consideration.
Confused now. What question?
I like the abiotic theory too, which is why I was mocking the dino-juice theory (all oil is from organic matter) by proposing a possible alternative abiotic theory (albeit that the carbonate could come from phytoplankton)
We are in general agreement, although some oil clearly does come from buried organics, such as oil that leeches out of coal deposits. Nevermind no hard feelings.