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Abiotic oil
The abiotic oil hypothesis is an attempt to explain the source and formation
of petroleum. As the name suggests, the hypothesis proposes that oil
originates from non-biological origins.
The hypothesis is mostly Soviet, mostly archaic, and mostly debunked. In the
Anglophone world, abiotic oil proponents tend to cite the work of the late
astrophysicist Thomas Gold.
The theorys adherents believe that oil originated as carbon monoxide and
hydrogen gas rising through the deep layers of the Earths crust.
If this mixture was lucky enough to find zirconium-containing minerals, it
could react and produce petroleum hydrocarbons. Some of these would
move close enough to the surface to be exploitable by humanity.
This idea seems plausible because:
Carbon monoxide and hydrogen result from volcanic activity.
These chemicals will react and form petroleum under the right conditions.
Modern coal to liquids and synthetic motor oil are based on hydrocarbon
transversion.