Originally Posted by Mariss Freimanis  ..,,,,What prompts my post is I remember reading about a Swedish or Norwegian theorist who suggested oil is not a fossil fuel at all but instead is being continually synthesized from primordial carbon and water deep within the earth's mantle. It then oozes upwards into the crust to form oil fields. Evidently the theory was good enough to have some very deep wells drilled in an attempt to test idea.... Mariss |
I have never heard of this theory. I do know a little bit about chemistry, like enough to have earned a doctorate degree, and I think the idea that complex hydrocarbons can be synthesized from water and carbon is a little bit out to lunch.