The point vt made was that there is going to be a problem caused by population increase, regardless of any climate effects. Did you understand that point or is it you are so wedded to climate change that nothing else could be a problem?
I received this earlier, about the guy who had many fights whe he proposed that tectonic plates were moving around causing earthquakes and eruptions. He postulated a few other things too, which you will of course dismiss because you won’t like the narrative.
........... a geologist Thomas Gold. .............................
He was a maverick. In the nineteen fifties he had been repeatedly thrown out of the American Geological Society for being a vigorous promoter of the tectonic plate hypothesis. Namely, that the Earth’s surface is make up of vast plates that glide about above the mantle. Not so much gliding as grinding very slowly.
Of course, this is now universally accepted as being true. Not so sixty years ago, when anyone mentioning tectonic plates was considered a dangerous fool, who understood nothing about geology, or science. Oh yes, indeed.
However, Thomas Gold did not stop with tectonic plates, he also promoted the abiotic theory of oil generation. I think he also came up with the idea of neutron stars as well. Anyway, getting back to abiotic oil generation, he did not believe that oil was created when trees – or other organic matter - died, rotted, went underground and was, gradually converted to oil.
He believed that oil was generated spontaneously within the Earth’s core. To quote:
‘Gold’s theory of oil formation, which he expounded in a book entitled The Deep Hot Biosphere, is that hydrogen and carbon, under high temperatures and pressures found in the mantle during the formation of the Earth, form hydrocarbon molecules which have gradually leaked up to the surface through cracks in rocks. The organic materials which are found in petroleum deposits are easily explained by the metabolism of bacteria which have been found in extreme environments similar to Earth’s mantle. These hyperthermophiles, or bacteria which thrive in extreme environments, have been found in hydrothermal vents, at the bottom of volcanoes, and in places where scientists formerly believed life was not possible. Gold argues that the mantle contains vast numbers of these bacteria.
The abiogenic origin of petroleum deposits would explain some phenomena that are not currently understood, such as why petroleum deposits almost always contain biologically inert helium. Based on his theory, Gold persuaded the Swedish State Power Board to drill for oil in a rock that had been fractured by an ancient meteorite. It was a good test of his theory because the rock was not sedimentary and would not contain remains of plant or marine life. The drilling was successful, although not enough oil was found to make the field commercially viable. The abiotic theory, if true, could affect estimates of how much oil remains in the Earth’s crust.’ 1
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On past form more of your toys will probably be flying out of your pram shortly, while you look for the gun to shoot the messenger.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.’ Max Plank.
Though it will be a while before Extinction Rebellion members die off. Meanwhile G. Thunberg sails off into the sunset to be “environmentlly friendly�. She forgot to say that the boat’s crew, all six, will be flying back so giving a rather larger “footprint� than if G.T. had gone by air in the first place, or even hitched a ride on a cargo ship.
Anyway, no doubt the contents thus far will give you cause to write some more abuse.
To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with. Cass Sunstein
