Guess what...Mother Earth is still giving birth to petroleum!

By Aussiegirl

Think we are running out of oil? Think that oil is formed by decaying dinosaurs? Think again. Thomas Gold was one of the most original minds this country ever produced, and in this book he presents a fascinating theory which he backs up with loads of facts. This is next on the reading list. But you can just read the reviews and learn a lot about Gold's abiotic theory of petroleum origin. Oil is not finite, but is produced by the earth itself, deep in its core, and it's always rising to the surface. The Russians are already showing this to be true by drilling wells up to 40,000 feet down, way below any primordial ooze layer of decaying dinos. Revolutionary stuff, and really exciting to think about.

Amazon.com: The Deep Hot Biosphere : The Myth of Fossil Fuels: Books: Freeman Dyson,Thomas Gold

Suppose someone claimed that we are NOT running out of petroleum. . . . Or that life on Earth began below the surface, in the dark airless pores of our planet's rocky crust. Or that oil and gas -- so-called "fossil fuels" -- are not the product of biological debris. You might expect to hear statements like these from an author of science fiction. But what if they come from a renowned scientist, someone who has been called "one of the world's most original minds"? In THE DEEP HOT BIOSPHERE, Thomas Gold sets forth truly controversial and astonishing theories: First, he proposes that Earth supports a subterranean organic domain of greater mass and volume than the biosphere -- the total sum of living things -- on its surface. Second, he proposes that the organisms inhabiting this Deep Hot Biosphere are not plants or animals but heat-loving bacteria that survive on a diet of hydrocarbons -- natural gas and petroleum. And third and perhaps most amazingly, he advances the stunning idea that most hydrocarbons on Earth are not "fossil fuels" but part of the primordial "stuff" from which Earth itself was formed some 4.5 billion years ago. The Deep Hot Biosphere may seem difficult to believe at first glance, but its theories are supported by a growing body of evidence, and by the indisputable stature and seriousness Thomas Gold brings to any scientific enterprise. In this book we see a brilliant and boldly original thinker, increasingly a rarity in modern science, as he develops revolutionary conclusions about the fundamental workings of our planet, the origins of life on Earth, the nature of earthquakes, and even the likelihood of life on -- or within -- other planets.