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Originally posted by sr_robert1
reply to post by Solenki
You tell him to read and do his own research. But where does your research come from? Government approved science books? There is only so much information avaible in this world that is not tainted by government corruption. I'm not sayin that either one of you is right or wrong. I'm just sayin.
Originally posted by freighttrain
Originally posted by sr_robert1
reply to post by Solenki
You tell him to read and do his own research. But where does your research come from? Government approved science books? There is only so much information avaible in this world that is not tainted by government corruption. I'm not sayin that either one of you is right or wrong. I'm just sayin.
lol, you took that right out of my mouth! Being educated... doesn't mean F*&^ck all, the reason being is that most educated facilities such as (schools, colleges, universities) are all spoon fed by government (few elites in power) what to teach our kids... I mean what to brain wash our kids... how do you think people thousands of years ago thought about earth being "round" well guess what... for thousands of years we were WRONG! so what makes you think we're right now... we're not, we know so little about our world... it's sad... all because of egoistic individuals that say "we know it all" no need to research anymore...
Originally posted by freighttrain
Originally posted by sr_robert1
reply to post by Solenki
You tell him to read and do his own research. But where does your research come from? Government approved science books? There is only so much information avaible in this world that is not tainted by government corruption. I'm not sayin that either one of you is right or wrong. I'm just sayin.
lol, you took that right out of my mouth! Being educated... doesn't mean F*&^ck all, the reason being is that most educated facilities such as (schools, colleges, universities) are all spoon fed by government (few elites in power) what to teach our kids... I mean what to brain wash our kids... how do you think people thousands of years ago thought about earth being "round" well guess what... for thousands of years we were WRONG! so what makes you think we're right now... we're not, we know so little about our world... it's sad... all because of egoistic individuals that say "we know it all" no need to research anymore...
Originally posted by aorAki
Originally posted by freighttrain
Originally posted by sr_robert1
reply to post by Solenki
You tell him to read and do his own research. But where does your research come from? Government approved science books? There is only so much information avaible in this world that is not tainted by government corruption. I'm not sayin that either one of you is right or wrong. I'm just sayin.
lol, you took that right out of my mouth! Being educated... doesn't mean F*&^ck all, the reason being is that most educated facilities such as (schools, colleges, universities) are all spoon fed by government (few elites in power) what to teach our kids... I mean what to brain wash our kids... how do you think people thousands of years ago thought about earth being "round" well guess what... for thousands of years we were WRONG! so what makes you think we're right now... we're not, we know so little about our world... it's sad... all because of egoistic individuals that say "we know it all" no need to research anymore...
I'm glad you think that. It keeps the stupid out of the Universities
I do like to think that we have progressed over the thousands of years and while we may not know it all we have a reasonable handle on quite a few matters.
Geology is one of the disciplines which has come leaps and bounds since its inception and is primarily observation based with the subsequent interpretation of the observations built upon tested and retested hypotheses.
Gah, I get sick of the people who are untrusting of Higher education. You may have that problem in your country but I am unaware of any lasting controversy regarding falsification of data relating to Geological matters in my country.
I understand this is a conspiracy website but sometimes there is no conspiracy, just misunderstanding!
Originally posted by NibiruWarrior
I've read a lot of research and there are theories that OIL is the blood of the Earth, if you consider that the Earth is a living entity, which I and many others do.
Originally posted by Solenki
Originally posted by aorAki
Originally posted by freighttrain
Originally posted by sr_robert1
reply to post by Solenki
You tell him to read and do his own research. But where does your research come from? Government approved science books? There is only so much information avaible in this world that is not tainted by government corruption. I'm not sayin that either one of you is right or wrong. I'm just sayin.
lol, you took that right out of my mouth! Being educated... doesn't mean F*&^ck all, the reason being is that most educated facilities such as (schools, colleges, universities) are all spoon fed by government (few elites in power) what to teach our kids... I mean what to brain wash our kids... how do you think people thousands of years ago thought about earth being "round" well guess what... for thousands of years we were WRONG! so what makes you think we're right now... we're not, we know so little about our world... it's sad... all because of egoistic individuals that say "we know it all" no need to research anymore...
I'm glad you think that. It keeps the stupid out of the Universities
I do like to think that we have progressed over the thousands of years and while we may not know it all we have a reasonable handle on quite a few matters.
Geology is one of the disciplines which has come leaps and bounds since its inception and is primarily observation based with the subsequent interpretation of the observations built upon tested and retested hypotheses.
Gah, I get sick of the people who are untrusting of Higher education. You may have that problem in your country but I am unaware of any lasting controversy regarding falsification of data relating to Geological matters in my country.
I understand this is a conspiracy website but sometimes there is no conspiracy, just misunderstanding!
If knowledge was reserved to the elite, then it tooks only a trip to the library to someone to be part of the Bilderberger.
It's two in the morning here in France, gonna have a last cigarette and i'll kiss you good night
Fossil fuels are formed by the anaerobic decomposition of remains of organisms including phytoplankton and zooplankton that settled to the sea (or lake) bottom in large quantities under anoxic conditions, millions of years ago. Over geological time, this organic matter, mixed with mud, got buried under heavy layers of sediment. The resulting high levels of heat and pressure caused the organic matter to chemically alter, first into a waxy material known as kerogen which is found in oil shales, and then with more heat into liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in a process known as catagenesis.
There is a wide range of organic, or hydrocarbon, compounds in any given fuel mixture. The specific mixture of hydrocarbons gives a fuel its characteristic properties, such as boiling point, melting point, density, viscosity, etc. Some fuels like natural gas, for instance, contain only very low boiling, gaseous components. Others such as gasoline or diesel contain much higher boiling components.
Terrestrial plants, on the other hand, tend to form coal. Many of the coal fields date to the Carboniferous period of Earth's history. Terrestrial plants also form type III kerogen, a source of natural gas.
Coal is a readily combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock normally occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. It is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
Coal starts as layer upon layer of annual plant remains accumulating slowly that were protected from biodegradation by usually acidic covering waters that gave a natural antiseptic effect combating microorganisms and then later mud deposits protecting against oxidization in the widespread shallow seas — mainly during the Carboniferous period — thus trapping atmospheric carbon in the ground in immense peat bogs that eventually were covered over and deeply buried by sediments under which they metamorphosed into coal. Over time, the chemical and physical properties of the plant remains (believed to mainly have been fern-like species antedating more modern plant and tree species) were changed by geological action to create a solid material.
Coal, a fossil fuel, is the largest source of energy for the generation of electricity worldwide, as well as one of the largest worldwide anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide emissions. Gross carbon dioxide emissions from coal usage are slightly more than those from petroleum and about double the amount from natural gas.[1] Coal is extracted from the ground by mining, either underground or in open pits.
As geological processes apply pressure to dead biotic matter over time, under suitable conditions it is transformed successively into
Peat, considered to be a precursor of coal, has industrial importance as a fuel in some regions, for example, Ireland and Finland.
Lignite, also referred to as brown coal, is the lowest rank of coal and used almost exclusively as fuel for electric power generation. Jet is a compact form of lignite that is sometimes polished and has been used as an ornamental stone since the Iron Age.
Sub-bituminous coal, whose properties range from those of lignite to those of bituminous coal are used primarily as fuel for steam-electric power generation. Additionally, it is an important source of light aromatic hydrocarbons for the chemical synthesis industry.
Bituminous coal, dense mineral, black but sometimes dark brown, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material, used primarily as fuel in steam-electric power generation, with substantial quantities also used for heat and power applications in manufacturing and to make coke.
Anthracite, the highest rank; a harder, glossy, black coal used primarily for residential and commercial space heating. It may be divided further into metamorphically altered bituminous coal and petrified oil, as from the deposits in Pennsylvania.
Graphite, technically the highest rank, but difficult to ignite and is not so commonly used as fuel: it is mostly used in pencils and, when powdered, as a lubricant.
Abiogenic origin
Main article: Abiogenic petroleum origin
A number of geologists in Russia adhere to the abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis and maintain that hydrocarbons of purely inorganic origin exist within Earth's interior. Astronomer Thomas Gold championed the theory in the Western world by supporting the work done by Nikolai Kudryavtsev in the 1950s. It is currently supported primarily by Kenney and Krayushkin.[15]
The abiogenic origin hypothesis lacks scientific support. Extensive research into the chemical structure of kerogen has identified algae as the primary source of oil. The abiogenic origin hypothesis fails to explain the presence of these markers in kerogen and oil, as well as failing to explain how inorganic origin could be achieved at temperatures and pressures sufficient to convert kerogen to graphite. It has not been successfully used in uncovering oil deposits by geologists, as the hypothesis lacks any mechanism for determining where the process may occur.[16] More recently scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science have found that ethane and heavier hydrocarbons can be synthesized under conditions of the upper mantle.
Originally posted by mckyle
reply to post by freighttrain
My mother always warned me: "beware of ATS members who denounce formal learning, and carry avatar by-lines such as "School of Life", or other such tripe!"
Interesting by-line you've got there.
[edit on 16-11-2009 by mckyle]
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by freighttrain
It was the scholars, the educated, who knew that the world is round. It was the illiterate and uneducated who believed it to be flat.
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