Re: Abiogenic methane story in Science News 9/25/04

From: Bill Ward (bwardREMOVE_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:58:00 GMT

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:56:01 GMT, "Bob Eldred"
<nsmontassoc@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"Bill Ward" <bwardREMOVE@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
>news:415a2584.35005631@localhost...
>> Here's the teaser available online to non-subscribers in the
>> 9/25/04 issue of Science News, p198...
>>
>> "Deep Squeeze: Experiments point to methane in Earth's
>> mantle
>>
>> Although today's fossil fuel reserves reside in Earth's
>> crust, a new study suggests that hydrocarbon fuel might also
>> nestle deep in the mantle, at depths of 100 kilometers or
>> more."
>>
>>
>> Research shows CH4 can be formed under the deep, hot
>> conditions in the crust, but no one knows yet how much may
>> be there..
>>
>> Well, at least it's an improvement over being impossible.
>> Stay tuned.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bill Ward
>>
>
>This article is about creation of methane in an experiment at high pressures
>and temperatures in a diamond anvil. The anvil allegedly producing on a desk
>top conditions found deep in the mantle. This experiment, though
>informative, is not evidence of conditions or chemistry in the mantle.
>Rather it is a demonstration of the possible formation of methane there.
>Nobody knows if it really occurs or not and the experiment does not answer
>that question. The article futher goes on to explain by Barbara Lollar a
>geologist at the University of Torronto that she "is skeptical that these
>hydrocarbons could accumulate in the mantle in volumes that would be
>economically important." We must be careful what we read into these
>experiments and announcements until actual discoveries of recoverable gas
>are made. The article is in Science News, Sept 25, 2004, Vol 166, pg 198,
>titled "Deep Squeeze."
>Bob

Thanks for your comments.

The item also lends a bit more credence to the somewhat
controversial abiotic theory of hydrocarbon origin put forth
by Dr. Gold and others.

Read "The Deep, Hot Biosphere" by Gold for an interesting
presentation. He allegedly found small quantities of oil
where none should have been found. He also has other pretty
compelling evidence hard to explain by conventional theory.

Regards,

Bill Ward

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