Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Brock Ulfsen wrote:

Duane Bozarth wrote:

JoeSixPack wrote:

Google "abiotic oil"

I did--it's hokum.

So explain Carbonaceous Chondrites.


Coming right up...

" A rare type of stony meteorite which contains large amounts of the
magnesium-rich minerals olivine and serpentine and a variety of organic
compounds, including amino acids. Although fewer than 100 carbonaceous
chondrites are known..."

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/carbchon.html

Do you *really* think that's where Earth's petroleum came from? Rare
meteorites, of which fewer than a hundred are known? Get real.

What percentage of the rocks that hit in the Age of Planetesimals were
Carbonaceous Chondrites? What is the percentage mass of such rocks that
is organics? What is the mass of the Earth?

The numbers do add up, if you care to look.

....Brock.