The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels ebook

by Freeman Dyson,Thomas Gold

Freeman Dyson Thomas Gold Engineering English

Thomas Gold of Cornell. His 1999 book, The Deep Hot Biosphere (Springer-Verlag) is a thorough discussion of the issues. Evidently the fossil fuel myth is just for public consumption.

Thomas Gold of Cornell. Gold tells us in this book that Vietnam's White Tiger oil field is producing oil from basement rock, and that hundreds of holes have been drilled down to oil and gas found in basement rock in Russia(Tatarstan), Canadian Shield, and Swedish Siljan Shield.

is evidently one of the most controversial of all books .

is evidently one of the most controversial of all books published in recent history. It is bound to cause much debate, and, if found correct, is likely to revolutionize the face of science. he first time I met Tommy Gold was in 1946, when I served as a guinea pig in an experiment that he was doing on the capabilities of the human ear. Humans have a remarkable ability to discriminate the pitch of musical sounds. The Deep Hot Biosphere Solution 80 Biological Molecules in Non-Biological Petroleum 82 The Upwelling Theory of Coal Formation 86 Evidence for the Upwelling Theory 94 An Exemption for Peat 100.

In the The Deep Hot Biosphere, Thomas Gold sets forth truly controversial and astonishing theories about where oil and gas come from, and how they acquire their organic "signatures. The conclusions he reaches in this book might be at first difficult to believe, but they are supported by a growing body of evidence, and by the indisputabel stature and seriousness Gold brings to any scientific enterprise .

The Deep Hot Biosphere book. See a Problem? We’d love your help. The Deep Hot Biosphere is a highly interesting and important book; it should be required reading for every geology student. David Deming, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 17 (2), 2003). Thomas Gold is a physicist who is not afraid of controversy. His big new theor. s that oil and natural gas are produced by geology and chemistry of the hot deep layers below the Earth’s surfac. .

In the The Deep Hot Biosphere, Thomas Gold sets forth truly controversial and astonishing theories about where oil and gas come from, and how they acquire their organic "signatures

Author: Thomas Gold and Freeman Dyson. Publisher: Copernicus. But that is exactly what makes investigating the deep hot biosphere so exciting. Thomas Gold Ithaca, New York December 1998.

Author: Thomas Gold and Freeman Dyson. I was flattered, of course, but at the same time chagrined by the topic I was asked to address: life in extreme environments.

This book sets forth a set of truly controversial and astonishing theories: First, it proposes that below the surface of the .

This book sets forth a set of truly controversial and astonishing theories: First, it proposes that below the surface of the earth is a biosphere of greater mass and volume than the biosphere the total sum of living things on our planet's continents and in its oceans. Second, it proposes that the inhabitants of this subterranean biosphere are not plants or animals as we know them, but heat-loving bacteria that survive on a diet consisting solely of hydrocarbons that is, natural gas and petroleum. And third and perhaps most heretically, the book advances the stunning idea that most hydrocarbons on Earth are not the byproduct of biological debris ("fossil fuels"), but were a common constituent of the materials from which the earth itself was formed some 4.5 billion years ago.The implications are astounding. The theory proposes answers to often-asked questions: Is the deep hot biosphere where life originated, and do Mars and other seemingly barren planets contain deep biospheres? Even more provocatively, is it possible that there is an enormous store of hydrocarbons upwelling from deep within the earth that can provide us with abundant supplies of gas and petroleum?However far-fetched these ideas seem, they are supported by a growing body of evidence, and by the indisputable stature and seriousness Gold brings to any scientific debate. In this book we see a brilliant and boldly original thinker, increasingly a rarity in modern science, as he develops potentially revolutionary ideas about how our world works.

Pedar

"Fossil Fuel" is a term originated over a century ago. So much has changed since then, namely the progression of science and technology related to the field. This is a wonderful myth-busting read that includes conclusions from scientific method based experiments and educated hypotheses that have yet to be tested.

TheJonnyTest

Very interesting book from a distinguished researcher that presents an alternate view of where oil comes from.

Asyasya

This book provides a good starting place for the exploration of the myths about the original
formation of the materials commonly called "Fossil Fuels", that is petroleum and
black coal. The change of assumptions discussed here alters many things, including the understanding
of the geo-politics of oil and energy. Gold is a smart cookie and after you read the book
you will see that an open minded astronomer would be a logical candidate to understand
and develop this theory. New only to many western minds. The Russians have worked on this
for a long time and their knowledge was the seed germ for Gold's work here. Worth the time to read. dxr

Dangerous

Very interesting theory

Gravelblade

Amazing! Get ready to have your worldview upturned!

EROROHALO

At first glance, this book struck me as highly suspicious. However, once I began reading it, I quickly came to seriously consider Gold's thesis as tenable. By the end of the book, I was strongly inclined to think that Gold has a much more credible explanation for the source and formation of oil and gas than the de facto one.
Gold does write convincingly, but moreso he presents some very cogent reasons for his abiogenic theory. I'll not attempt to rehash the details, but just say that his theory is parsimonious, involves little hand-waving and uses no dramatics.
There is nothing scientifically outlandish here, unless you have some ideological adherence to the biogenic view. In fact, the biogenic view seems now quite contrived and dubious in retrospect. Gold's view accounts not only for oil, coal and gas, but also confers reasons for formations of biogenic matter - peat and lignite - as well.
Gold's further assertion that a biosphere exists going many kilometers down may have seemed ludicrous years ago, but in light of our knowledge of extremophiles nowadays, his thesis seems very plausible.
As if that weren't going far enough, Gold further asserts that it is far more likely that (assuming life had a terrestrial origin) such life began deep in the earth, not in shallow tidepools or other surface environments. Any origin-of-life theory is very difficult to justify, but Gold's seems as plausible as any, and more plausible than most.
A worthwhile read.

Kanek

Still reading, and is very informative.

This book provides a logical and comprehensive explanation of how petroleum hydrocarbons are formed deep in the earth's mantle and migrate upwards to form gas and crude oil fields and coal measures nearer the earth's surface. It coroborates what russian petroleum geologists have known and applied for many years where they drill wells up to 13 km deep to tap crude oil nearer its source and far below where any surface biota could have been buried. Gold demonstrates that the theory of a biogenic origin of petroleum is wrong and cannot be sustained in the light of new information that is now available.