Re: [Phys-l] Flurry of LHC "End of the world" nonsense

[Gary Karshner <gkarshner@stmarytx.edu>]

Bernard,
        The scientist was Thomas Gold, an astrophysicist who is most 
famous for proving that the source of the Crab Nebula light was a neutron 
star at its core. I believe he got the Swedes to bore a deep hole look for 
this gas. It came to naught.
        We scientists can get on shaky ground when we go beyond our 
expertise, but some times it pays off. It was a meteorologist that proposed 
continental drift.
Gary

At 10:40 PM 9/14/2008 -0700, you wrote:
> This reminds me of a geologist who claims there is a layer of gas
> (methane, etc.) not much deeper than the deepest wells so far.  I
> think the theory is it's primordial, i.e. from type II stars that
> supplied us w/ carbon.   Not "organic".
>
> I forgotten the scientist or any more than the previous paragraph.
>
> bc too lazy to google.
>
> p.s. mantle is too "hot" to result in oil synthesis from methane?
>
>
> On 2008, Sep 10, , at 10:58, John Clement wrote:
>
> > They have also promoted the idea that
> > oil is produced in the mantle, so we will never run out.  I wonder
> > how these
> > poorly trained scientists can get good jobs?
> >
> > John M. Clement
> > Houston, TX
> >
>
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