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.
The question was "Does it?" You had a complete answer. I hadn't heard about limestone and serpintinization, so that was new to me. I recall a Thomas Gold surmise about reactions between silicon carbide and water, to produce silicon dioxide (sand) and hydrocarbons---a combination apparently typical of petroleum domes. I like Larin's theory because of its completeness and detail, and the fact that upwelling hydrogen would naturally carry along oxygen (water), nitrogen (ammonia), sulfur (hydrogen sulfide), phosphorus (phosphine), and so on, to the Earth's crust and surface. No problem. Thanks for sharing.
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.
The question was "Does it?" You had a complete answer. I hadn't heard about limestone and serpintinization, so that was new to me. I recall a Thomas Gold surmise about reactions between silicon carbide and water, to produce silicon dioxide (sand) and hydrocarbons---a combination apparently typical of petroleum domes. I like Larin's theory because of its completeness and detail, and the fact that upwelling hydrogen would naturally carry along oxygen (water), nitrogen (ammonia), sulfur (hydrogen sulfide), phosphorus (phosphine), and so on, to the Earth's crust and surface. No problem. Thanks for sharing.