“Big Brother” may end up being very, very small

[Magda Hassan]

Tracy, Adele, while not a geologist, does have a PhD in microbiology and has worked as a research scientist all her (extemely interesting!) adult life. Not sure if you know that or not yet? Also even based on the Wiki article it does not say that abiotic oil does not/cannot exist but that there is no useful means of detecting abiotic deposits. Too expensive and not cost effective to locate in other words.

Well, if you're looking for the mainstream scientific viewpoint, you can read the Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_petroleum_origin

"Although the abiogenic hypothesis was accepted by many geologists in the former Soviet Union, it fell out of favor at the end of the 20th century because it never made any useful prediction for the discovery of oil deposits.[SUP][1][/SUP]"

Tracy,

Do not be so arrogant, please. Wikipedia is not a scientific journal and does not speak for the scientific community or for any part of it. In fact, it's not even a very good encyclopedia which it tries to pretend to be.
The US National Academy of Science is the most prestigious scientific organization in this country. It does not publish garbage or 'popular mainstream science' by its members. The internet is a good source for
valid imformation AND for idiotic opinions. Please be aware of that.

In science the only thing that really counts is evidence. This not a joking matter.

You should read the article authored by Dr. J.F. Kenney again and try to understand it.

Adele