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Topic: Biogenic theory

	Thomas Gold
		His opinion influenced the design of the American Surveyor lunar landing probes, but this precaution turned out to be unnecessary as Gold had overestimated extent to which cyclic thermal expansion and contraction would pulverise lunar surface rock.
		According to Gold and others, these bacteria account for the presence of biological debris in fossil fuels, obviating the need to resort to a biogenic theory for the origin of the latter.
		Most western geologists and petrologists consider Gold's theories to be implausible and believe that the biogenic theory of fossil fuel formation adequately explains all observed fossil fuel deposits.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/Thomas_Gold.html (279 words)

	petrolpump.co.in : energy sources, Fossil fuel,Hubbert peak Future energy development,Renewable energy ,Soft energy ...
		There are two theories on the origin of fossil fuels: the mainstream biogenic theory and the abiogenic theory.
		According to the biogenic theory, fossil fuels are the altered remnants of ancient plant and animal life deposited in sedimentary rocks.
		When it was later discovered that all fossil fuels contain traces of biological debris, the biogenic theory gained further support because the idea that life (even microbial life) could exist at the depths at which petroleum had been found seemed even less plausible.
	www.petrolpump.co.in /energy-sources/fossil-fuels.htm (653 words)

	ipedia.com: Fossil fuel Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The burning of fossil fuels by humans is their major source of emissions of carbon dioxide which is one of the greenhouse gases that is believed to contribute to global warming.
		There are two theories on the origin of fossil fuels: the biogenic theory and the abiogenic theory.
		The biogenic theory was favored early because in the late 19th century it was believed that the Earth was extremely hot (possibly molten rock) during its formation.
	www.ipedia.com /fossil_fuel.html (602 words)

	Abiogenic Petroleum Origin - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		Although this theory has support by a large minority of geologists in Russia, where it was intensively developed in the 1950s and 1960s, it has only recently begun to receive attention in the West, where the biogenic theory is still believed by the vast majority of petroleum geologists.
		One prediction of this theory is that other planets of the Solar system or their moons have large petroleum oceans, either from hydrocarbons present at the formation of the Solar system, or subsequent chemical reactions.
		There are two theories on the origin of carbon fuels: the biogenic theory and the abiogenic theory.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread132734/pg (1698 words)

	Recapitulation theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, is a theory in biology which attempts to explain apparent similarities between humans and other animals.
		Because the actual scientific theory is difficult to explain in layman's terms, expressions of doubt about evolution that point to the flaws in Haeckel's arguments typically go unchallenged in popular media.
		Although Haeckel's specific form of recapitulation theory is now discredited among biologists, it did have a strong impact in social and educational theories of the late 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biogenic_theory (1260 words)

	Ernst Haeckel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He supported the theory with embryo drawings that have since been shown to be oversimplified and in part inaccurate, and the theory is now considered an oversimplification of quite complicated relationships.
		Haeckel was also known for his "biogenic theory", in which he suggested that the development of races paralleled the development of individuals.
		Although Haeckel's ideas are important to the history of evolutionary theory, and he was a competent invertebrate anatomist most famous for his work on radiolaria, many speculative concepts that he championed are now considered incorrect.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Ernst_Haeckel (894 words)

	The 'Abiotic Oil' Controversy
		The abiotic theory holds that there must therefore be nearly limitless pools of liquid primordial hydrocarbons at great depths on Earth, pools that slowly replenish the reservoirs that conventional oil drillers tap.
		Thus even if the abiotic theory does eventually prove to be partially or wholly scientifically valid (and that is a rather big "if"), it might have little or no practical consequence in terms of oil depletion and the imminent global oil production peak.
		The C-12 to C-13 ratio is a generally observed property of petroleum and is predicted by the biotic theory; it is not merely an occasional aberration.
	www.rense.com /general58/biot.htm (2978 words)

	What is fuel oil and home heating oil?
		According to this theory, fuel oil was formed from the decayed remains of prehistoric marine animals and terrestrial plants.
		This abiogenic theory is fascinating in that is proports that if the right gaseous materials were in the atmosphere and the right materials were in the water, and somehow these two entities can come together, it is inevitable that a living cell will form from it.
		This theory suggests that large amounts of carbon exist naturally in the planet, some in the form of hydrocarbons.
	www.orderoil.com /what-is-fuel-oil.php (620 words)

	Stanley Kurtz on NRO
		Since, according to the biogenic amine theory, happiness is ultimately just a matter of brain biochemistry, there can be nothing troubling about the use of psychotropic drugs to treat even ordinary human sadness.
		The biogenic amine theory is a way of distracting ourselves from that uncomfortable truth — a way of allowing doctors and patients to deny that by prescribing and taking drugs, we are running away from our troubles (and ourselves), or encouraging others to do so.
		So, although Dworkin himself doesn't quite put it this way, the theory of chemically based happiness is a sort of religion — a central myth in a "scientifically" based world-view that explains and treats unhappiness in religion's stead.
	www.nationalreview.com /contributors/kurtz062501.shtml (1669 words)

	Prospecting for Oil? Look In an Asteroid Crater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Today, the biogenic theory, which recognizes that all petroleum found in our planet is derived from biological precursors, is well proved and supported by laboratory experiments, in which petroleum composition is shown to reflect that of oil generated from kerogen by pyrolysis.
		This “biogenic theory” of oil and gas formation is the only theory consistent with all of the observations, analytical data, scientific facts, and experimental results relating to the natural process of oil and gas formation.
		This “biogenic theory” of oil and gas origin subsequently led to the “generative basin” concept and eventually to the “petroleum system” paradigm that is widely used with great success by the petroleum industry today.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1715648/posts (7760 words)

	Abiogenic Gas Debate 11:2002 EXPLORER
		Organizers said the conference is designed to provide an opportunity to present the hypothesis, evidence and data for an organic origin of petroleum and for an abiogenic origin of petroleum through oral and poster sessions, with ample time for discussion and debate.
		"The modern, organic theory of the origin of petroleum states that a portion of the lipid fraction of micro-organisms deposited in anaerobic sediments is the original source of petroleum," he said.
		Gold most recently explained his theories of the origin of petroleum in his 1999 book The Deep Hot Biosphere, which presents the view that life on Earth exists to a depth of many miles.
	www.aapg.org /explorer/2002/11nov/abiogenic.cfm (2133 words)

	Thomas Gold Obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This theory was launched in a 1992 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and expanded in his 1998 book _The Deep Hot Biosphere_.
		Gold firmly believed that his theory accounted for a range of anomalies, such as the presence of helium in oil (although it has no affinity with organic material) and the presence of magnetite in oil.
		The biogenic theory of oil led to the belief that it would eventually 'run out', which is what is keeping oil prices artificially high.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2005/jul/m15-020.shtml (1619 words)

	MIND Exchange
		The biogenic theory is reasonably good at explaining some things, but there are plenty of mysteries that it cannot explain.
		The manner in which the poster concluded, with utmost certainty, that the abiogenic theory was correct was quite dogmatic.
		Nor was I saying the abiogenic theory did not fit available data better than the CURRENT incarnation of the biogenic theory.
	www.kurzweilai.net /mindx/show_thread.php?rootID=38922 (1292 words)

	News Archives
		In a Livescience.com article an abiogenic theory, as opposed to the biogenic theory, suggests that there are pools that formed early in the Earth's history.
		This is in contrast with the previous theory that they mix and at times well up to the surface, showing that the divisions in the Earth's interior are more a structural arrangement than due to the separation of the different compositions.
		Theories on fl holes focus more on their supposed supermassiveness, and therefore, scientists expect there to be powerful inflows of material, but observations indicate otherwise, as expected of the Field-dynamical Model of galaxies presented in The Vital Vastness -- Volume Two.
	www.livingcosmos.com /newsarchives.htm (15075 words)

	JIMMY AKIN.ORG: Black Gold. Texas Tea.
		The theory that this is where oil comes from is known as the biogenic ("created from life") theory of the origin of petroleum.
		This theory has been around for a while, but it seems to be attracting more attention of late, even though most western petroleum geologists totally diss it.
		Gold cites other evidence for his theory, such as the fact that he was able to drill down through six kilometers of granite in Sweden and find oil.
	www.jimmyakin.org /2005/05/black_gold_texa.html (2859 words)

	Dean's World - Abiotic Oil?
		Doug Payton is quite taken with the theory of abiotic oil, the theory that petroleum is not a fossil fuel but is in fact generated by completely non-biological and largely inorganic sources.
		While the Russians have experimented with deeper drilling than most nations (and some of the abiotic theory comes from their results), such exploration close to the mantle (where the hydrocarbons would be generated).
		Many Biogenic Proponents belittled Gold's claim that he would find oil drilling as deep as he did in Sweden, and while he wasn't able to sink a commercially viable well he was able to recover 80 barrels of oil before the well became too clogged.
	www.deanesmay.com /posts/1132682686.shtml (1439 words)

	Hydrocarbons Fuels are Not Fossils (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Another item supportive of the abiogenic theory is the data Gold gathered from diamonds, which are a pure form of carbon.
		The biogenic theory of "fossil fuels" has no explanation for this fact of nature.
		Another example Gold uses to illustrate the abiogenic theory is that of the Siljan Ring, a mete-or impact structure in the central part of Sweden, near the city of Rattvik.
	mitosyfraudes.8k.com /INGLES-2/FossilFuels.html (2232 words)

	Abiotic distractions, 9/11 and Peak Oil
		They base their theory largely on the same people who have been stalwarts of the conventional energy industry since the days of Standard Oil.
		The theory of all petroleum being abiotic, or even a large quantity of it, is not well-established and is currently considered inferior to the mainstream view for obvious reasons.
		So, the abiotic oil theory is irrelevant to the debate about peak oil and it would not be worth discussing were it not for its political aspects.
	www.oilempire.us /abiotic.html (11156 words)

	Abiogenic petroleum origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scaled particle theory for a simplified perturbed hard-chain, statistical mechanical model predicts that methane compressed to 30 or 40 kbar at 1000 °C (conditions in the mantle) yields hydrocarbons having properties similar to petroleum
		Extremophile organisms living within the crust (deep heat-loving bacteria thermophiles) are considered a plausible source of biomarkers which are not sourced from kerogen.
		Sir Robert Robinson studied the chemical makeup of natural petroleum oils in great detail, and concluded that they were mostly far too hydrogen-rich to be a likely product of the decay of plant debris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deep_biogenic_petroleum_theory (7135 words)

	NewsGateway - Abiotic Oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As more and more studies of oil were carried out, the abiotic hypothesis was abandoned in the early 20th century and the biogenic theory became the standard explanation for the origin of oil.
		But the idea that the biogenic theory is a hoax has been repeated so often in forums and blogs that it has gained a lot of ground and it has taken on the appearance of an obvious fact for some people.
		The laboratory demonstration of all the steps of the standard biogenic theory was done in a series of studies carried out by the American Petroleum Institute (API) in the 1930s -1940s.
	www.newsgateway.ca /Abiotic_oil.htm (11671 words)

	nwsltr66
		A corollary of this theory was that, far from facing an energy crisis, the world has a huge reservoir of deep non-biological natural gas that could meet its energy needs for thousands of years, but which orthodox petroleum geology says should not exist.
		Biogenic: Large quantities of plant and animal life were buried.
		Biogenic: Coal is organic material which was buried and compressed but did not undergo catagenesis into kerogens.
	www.davesweb.cnchost.com /nwsltr66.html (2308 words)

	Oil - what it is and related products
		There are two theories that explain how oil is formed in the earth.
		The first is the biogenic theory, which states that oil develops over time from compression of organic material such as prehistoric animals and vegetation.
		Another theory, called the abiogenic theory, states that oil is created by the earth in a natural process and that there is vast amounts of oil deep within the earth.
	www.priceofoil.com /oil.html (307 words)

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		Gold believes that crude oil deposits are caused by natural gas flows which feed bacteria living at extreme depths under the surface of the Earth.
		Most western geologists and petrologists consider petroleum abiogenic theories to be implausible and believe that the biogenic theory of fossil fuel formation adequately explains all observed fossil fuel deposits.
		Gold and geology experts point out the biogenic theories do not explain facts such as helium in oil fields and oil fields being associated with deep geologic features.
	www.famous-astrophysicists.com /astrophysicists/gold.htm (429 words)

	UIC, Dept. of Psychiatry
		Dr. Davis, who had searched for common elements among drugs that eased or caused mania and depression, proposed a new biogenic theory on the causes of mania and depression - at the time, it was an unheard-of concept.
		Davis has felt a compelling drive to pull together splintered knowledge in the field, test its value and apply it for human benefit.
		It also led clinicians to prescribe these protective medications with confidence thus avoiding untold calamities and alleviating misery for thousands of mentally ill patients and their families.
	www.psych.uic.edu /news/pioneer.htm (422 words)

	Cell Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But not until 1838-39 did the general statement of "cell theory" receive general acceptance.
		M.J. Schleiden and Theodor Schwann both published separate conclusions that expressed the principle of cell theory.
		Twenty years later in 1855 Rudolf Virchow proposed an important extension of cell theory that "All living cells arise from pre-existing cells".
	io.uwinnipeg.ca /~simmons/1115/cm1503/celltheory.htm (316 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When examining various theories of abnormal behavior, such terms as "symptom," "biogenic," and "disease" relate to
		theory stating that abnormal behavior is the result of emotional stress
		theory stating that abnormal behavior is a result of organic processes that can be recognized by clusters of symptoms
	cdis.missouri.edu /previews/2171/pe.htm (762 words)

	The Oil Drum \| Abiotic Snake Oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gold's theory of oil formation, which he expounded in a book entitled The Deep Hot Biosphere, is that hydrogen and carbon, under high temperatures and pressures found in the mantle during the formation of the Earth, form hydrocarbon molecules which have gradually leaked up to the surface through cracks in rocks.
		The validity of the abiotic oil theory is of great importance to the peak oil debate, if for no other reason than that the abiotic theory is increasingly being cited by opponents of peak oil as 'proof' that we will never run out of oil.
		The theory of abiotic oil is a convenient place to hang false hopes for those who do not understand the concepts of peak oil and for those who choose not to believe it.
	www.theoildrum.com /story/2005/11/4/15537/8056 (9509 words)

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