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Mar 26, 2016 at 0:05 comment added Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI "This theory is the only explanation" translates roughly to "I don't know what I'm talking about but I'm heavily invested in this being true despite every reputable scientist disagreeing"
Oct 24, 2012 at 20:12 comment added Ron Maimon My answer was deleted, see this discussion for the text and discussion regarding this: meta.skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1965/… . Gold's only claim for the deep hot biosphere is that it is what contaminates the oil with biological residues. The oil itself is otherwise entirely independent of biology, it is cooked near mantle at high pressure from methane gas that fills crevices in the crust and is slowly welling up. This theory is the only explaination of the common deep oil deposits in bedrock & the weirdness of oil compared to biochemistry.
Oct 22, 2012 at 2:52 comment added Ron Maimon -1: The likelihood is not small, and Gold does not propose that the deep hot biosphere is the source of the hydrocarbons. Please read his book, it is good.
Mar 22, 2011 at 20:10 vote accept Joseph Weissman
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Mar 22, 2011 at 12:37 comment added Russell Steen @Borror0 - Noted, I will improve it.
Mar 22, 2011 at 4:42 comment added Borror0 Your question could be improved by including relevant excerpts of text from each source. A sea of links isn't very pleasant to read. You write many high quality answers in terms of content, but you often do that and that takes away a lot of readability from your answers.
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