Conspiracy Watch: Drill, Corsi, Drill

Oil not from living organisms

—Illustration: Peter Hoey

the conspiracy: Oil is the product not of ancient microorganisms, but of a chemical reaction deep beneath the earth's crust. So no matter what the doomsayers claim, we'll never run out of the stuff—which means the oil companies are massively ripping us off at the pump.

the conspiracy theorists: Cold War Russian scientists looking for homegrown energy sources first came up with the idea of "abiotic oil." (Abiotic: not from living organisms.) The theory was refined by former Swift Boater and Conspiracy Watch favorite Jerome Corsi, also the author of The Obama Nation. Corsi's 2005 Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil posits that crude is an unlimited resource. So where is it, then? Corsi says we need to look "where we have never looked—even deeper in the world's seas." Now that's offshore drilling.


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meanwhile, back on earth: Giora Proskurowski, a researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, recently discovered small amounts of hydrocarbons forming through an abiotic process deep in the Atlantic. The abiotic oil believers have seized on his findings, but Proskurowski says sorry—talk of bottomless, Saudi-free oil is "a pipe dream."

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There is no such thing as fossil fuel. All hydrocarbons are of mantle origin and no biological organism can survive in the mantle. For more information you can see the Oil Is Mastery website.

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Corsi's a crack pot and any one that even attempted to read his books surely knows that. His theories are based on what he and others wish was real and then transforms that into his own visions of reality. That he is even acknowledged in any way only feeds his delusions.

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To the conspiracy people who believe the government and rich people hide energy from humanity as they control us- YOUR HEAD is up your ass. man just

walked out of the woods last century- used to cut the arm to bleed out infections-used to ride a horse or walk all day to see someone several miles

away- man is still a savage and stupid creature that must learn humility across the planet until THY will be done on earth as it is ion heaven- A

utopian world-

there are no solutions yet- man is aggressive looking for them- in deep oceans- in frozen arctic lands- against neighbors with the will to kill anyone

in the path as one side dominates the other-

YOU ARE slaves of the rich no doubt- from pyramids to working in factories- just gives us employment-food shelter and some dignity as i try to live my

life with children an opportunity to grow with infinity as a god given right-

technology and growth makes man better every century-

man is still savage-

I have now been on the net for 20 months with a never before experiment in history of science only to be ignored and abused- not only lay persons- but

scientists themselves- for they are human with frailty are filled with ignorance- jealousy-vanity-drive to survive mechanism which makes you king and

others subservient unless they sign your paycheck-

20 months now since april 2007 as all just ignore- this is built upon my observations of 10 years with other solutions to a rich gluttonous people that

seek viagra and extacy for immediate gains like a caged mouse that kills itself with self stimulating sexual triggers-

solomon azar
noblefuse.org

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Laughably irrelevant even if true. As with coal and nuclear power, the reason to get off oil has nothing to do with the supply and everything to do with the waste and emissions and side effects of mining. Only moronic "peakers" would even care about this so-called theory.

"The stone age ended, but not for lack of stones." - Saudi oil minister

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Jerome Corsi refined the theory? Hogwash, he never claimed credit for adding to the research. For some real research on the topic, start by googling: salt layer oil. No one has yet to offer a modern theory describing how a "fossil fuel" ends up below the salt layer. Ultra-deep drilling technology was developed by experts somewhere; wouldn't you agree? So now you have two topics to investigate: pre-salt oil and ultra-deep technology. I liked Mother Jones better when you where showing me how to quality grow pot in the 70s! Stick to what you know.

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how did hydrocarbons(oil) get under the northpole?

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