Alex Caliostro wrote:
my friend is a CE who claims most oil is not from dead dinosaurs
he says this paper
http://gasresources.net/AlkaneGenesis.htm
proves it - here is a quote from the abstract
<The high-pressure genesis of petroleum hydrocarbons has been
demonstrated using only the solid reagents solid iron oxide, FeO, and
marble, CaCO3, 99.9% pure, wet with triple-distilled water.>
my question is shouldn't you be able to test the oil directly to prove
its origin with carbon 14
-alex
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No the carbon 14 test will not work with oil because your not testing
atmospheric carbon. Carbon from marble will seem infinitely old, it will
have no carbon 14 from the upper atmosphere. Carbon 14 is produced in
the upper atmosphere when charged particles hit nitrogen atoms. The
production rate and decay rate should be in equilibrium but aren't; that
has other dating consequences. Carbon 14 levels can also vary locally
where volcanoes and earth quakes put large deposits of ancient carbon 12
from underground and in seabed sediments into the atmosphere. We have
another problem with shallow oil. Bacteria feeding on the fossil fuels
can transport and add new carbon 14 to the other wise old oil. They also
add complex hydrocarbons and amino acids that make tracing the species
of dead plankton difficult. If the theories of Thomas Gold and others
are correct then some oil and gas may be non fossil in origin but it
will not be enough to change peak oil problem.
It's interesting that the linked research paper above does not mention
Dr Golds earlier work.
