Thanks to the Chateau crew for the latest session!
The abiotic theory of oil was not only developed by Russian scientist, but independently around the same time by the Austrian-American astrophysicist Thomas Gold. Gold was what I would call a “real” scientist - a maverick in thinking and bold ideas, always controversial, mostly denigrated and ridiculed - but mostly right!
He basically proved his theory by drilling in igneous rock in Sweden, where according to the fossil fuel theory there should be no oil - he found some, but not in commercial quantities. They ran into technical difficulties and ultimately had to abandon the project.
He wrote a very interesting book on the subject, for anyone interested in this subject:
The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels.
The term “professor” is ambiguous. In some countries a “professor” is a person involved in teaching and research - all my teachers in high-school had the honorific title of “professor” - while “Professor” with capital P mostly designates an academic with a PhD and on a tenure-track. This is different in the US, where it usually is an academic title.
I don’t know the precise situation in China, but this in itself is not necessarily a red flag. I would concentrate on the content and assess it on its merit, for me the issue of title is merely a distraction.
Having said that, I don’t have any particular insight into what he is saying, as I haven’t watched any of his video clips.
But I found it a bit ironic, given the reprimand by the Cs at the start of the session to use more of our own thinking and discernment, that @palestine asked, whether or not the “professor” was endorsed by the forumites.
I think this is an example of exactly what they were talking about.
The energy crisis and the Peak Oil crisis are well remembered by some, including me. I forget exactly how I discovered the planet's oil reserves were not finite, not the result of decomposed dinosaurs and other organic material, but oil is always being produced by the planet. Just another lie and ruse to dupe the public into going along with all their nefarious restrictions and excessive costs. Global warming and climate change evolved out of that BS.
The abiotic theory of oil was not only developed by Russian scientist, but independently around the same time by the Austrian-American astrophysicist Thomas Gold. Gold was what I would call a “real” scientist - a maverick in thinking and bold ideas, always controversial, mostly denigrated and ridiculed - but mostly right!
He basically proved his theory by drilling in igneous rock in Sweden, where according to the fossil fuel theory there should be no oil - he found some, but not in commercial quantities. They ran into technical difficulties and ultimately had to abandon the project.
He wrote a very interesting book on the subject, for anyone interested in this subject:
The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels.
James Corbett thinks that the part that may not be true is the Chinese professor part.
The term “professor” is ambiguous. In some countries a “professor” is a person involved in teaching and research - all my teachers in high-school had the honorific title of “professor” - while “Professor” with capital P mostly designates an academic with a PhD and on a tenure-track. This is different in the US, where it usually is an academic title.
I don’t know the precise situation in China, but this in itself is not necessarily a red flag. I would concentrate on the content and assess it on its merit, for me the issue of title is merely a distraction.
Having said that, I don’t have any particular insight into what he is saying, as I haven’t watched any of his video clips.
But I found it a bit ironic, given the reprimand by the Cs at the start of the session to use more of our own thinking and discernment, that @palestine asked, whether or not the “professor” was endorsed by the forumites.
I think this is an example of exactly what they were talking about.