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holyshit on November 4, 2005 - 7:20pm

Just a couple of observations.

1.If you have never seen it, I have a lot of porous granite in my back yard.
2.If I'm not mistaken, Isn't the Earth rotation slowing down?

Based on No. 2 above, I think we are still doomed regardless how Nature makes stuff.

Just an observation :o).

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helium3 on November 4, 2005 - 11:22pm

Ummm. Here's why that dude loses all credibility with me. Even if the abiotic theory of oil production were true, the addendum that it is being driven to the surface by the rotation of the earth is absolutely ludicrous. Any technically knowledgeable person with half a brain would know that it was being driven to the surface simply by virtue it's low density and the pressure gradient between lower elevations and higher elevations in the crust.

Yeesh. If this were true, then we could also argue that magma that flows to the surface is also driven by the rotation of the earth.