This book sets forth a set of truly controversial and astonishing theories: First, it proposes that below the surface of the earth is a biosphere of greater mass and volume than the biosphere the total sum of living things on our planet's continents and in its oceans. Second, it proposes that the inhabitants of this subterranean biosphere are not plants or animals as we know them, but heat-loving bacteria that survive on a diet consisting solely of hydrocarbons that is, natural gas and petroleum. And third and perhaps most heretically, the book advances the stunning idea that most hydrocarbons on Earth are not the byproduct of biological debris ( fossil fuels ), but were a common constituent of the materials from which the earth itself was formed some 4.5 billion years ago.The implications are astounding. The theory proposes answers to often-asked questions: Is the deep hot biosphere where life originated, and do Mars and other seemingly barren planets contain deep biospheres? Even more provocatively, is it possible that there is an enormous store of hydrocarbons upwelling from deep within the earth that can provide us with abundant supplies of gas and petroleum? However far-fetched these ideas seem, they are supported by a growing body of evidence, and by the indisputable stature and seriousness Gold brings to any scientific debate. In this book we see a brilliant and boldly original thinker, increasingly a rarity in modern science, as he develops potentially revolutionary ideas about how our world works.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9780387952536
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91490831
Product Key Features
Author
Thomas Gold
Publication Name
The Deep Hot Biosphere: the Myth of Fossil Fuels
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geology, Zoology, Biology
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
243 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
487g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Thomas Gold
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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