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BILLY BOB THORNTON EXPLAINS WHY CLEAN ENERGY IS A MYTH – LANDMAN

ABIOGENIC THEORY – THE DEEP HOT BIOSPHERE – THOMAS GOLD

ABIOGENIC THEORY refers to the HYPOTHESIS that certain NATURAL RESOURCES, like PETROLEUM, can originate from NON-LIVING, INORGANIC PROCESSES rather than from the DECOMPOSITION of ANCIENT ORGANIC MATTER.

THE DEEP HOT BIOSPHERE is a SIGNIFICANT BOOK by THOMAS GOLD that challenges CONVENTIONAL VIEWS on the origins of OIL and GAS.

THOMAS GOLD, an Austrian-born ASTROPHYSICIST, presents an ABIOGENIC THEORY that suggests HYDROCARBONS are not merely the result of DECAYED ORGANIC MATTER but are instead formed through ABIOGENIC PROCESSES deep within the EARTH.

KEY CONCEPTS

SUBTERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM

THOMAS GOLD posits that beneath the EARTH’S SURFACE exists a VAST ECOSYSTEM of HEAT-LOVING BACTERIA.

This ECOSYSTEM is believed to be larger than the BIOSPHERE that exists on the SURFACE of the EARTH.

ORIGIN OF HYDROCARBONS

The BOOK argues that OIL and GAS are derived from DEEP GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES rather than from the DECOMPOSITION of ANCIENT ORGANIC MATERIALS.

THOMAS GOLD suggests that the PRESENCE of BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES in OIL does not indicate a BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN but rather CONTAMINATION.

ROLE IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

THOMAS GOLD theorizes that these DEEP MICROBES may have been crucial in the DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE on EARTH.

He proposes that LIFE on the SURFACE evolved from these PRIMITIVE BACTERIA that originated in the DEPTHS of the EARTH.

IMPLICATIONS OF THOMAS GOLD’S THEORY

ASPECT

DESCRIPTION

ENERGY RESOURCES

Suggests that OIL RESERVES are more abundant than previously thought.

LIFE BEYOND EARTH

Implies that EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE may exist in similar SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS on other PLANETS.

SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY

THOMAS GOLD’S IDEAS have sparked DEBATE among GEOLOGISTS and SCIENTISTS, challenging ESTABLISHED THEORIES about FOSSIL FUELS.

THOMAS GOLD’S BOOK encourages a REEVALUATION of how we understand both the EARTH’S GEOLOGY and the potential for LIFE beyond our PLANET.