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And then there is this--FWIW
....Sustainable oil?
By Chris Bennett
The theory is simple: Crude oil forms as a natural inorganic process which
occurs between the mantle and the crust, somewhere between 5 and 20 miles
deep. The proposed mechanism is as follows:
* Methane (CH4) is a common molecule found in quantity throughout our
solar system - huge concentrations exist at great depth in the Earth.
* At the mantle-crust interface, roughly 20,000 feet beneath the
surface, rapidly rising streams of compressed methane-based gasses hit
pockets of high temperature causing the condensation of heavier
hydrocarbons. The product of this condensation is commonly known as crude
oil.
In his 1999 book, "The Deep Hot Biosphere," Dr. Gold