US strategy on Putin, Ukraine, and abiotic oil theory

CPO Jon Campbell — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:01:00 -0400

Several years ago, in came to light that Putin believed in the abiotic theory of oil (i.e. that oil grows and is not a fossil fuel). While the Western world scoffs at this theory, is our lack of understanding of abiotic oil theory influencing our analysis of Putin and his goals in relation to Ukraine?

Response by 1SG Chris Brown made Sep 8 at 2014 3:46 PM

1SG Chris Brown — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:46:34 -0400

Wow, is this actually a major theory? Perhaps we could just get scientists to grow new oil in labs then!

Response by SGT Richard H. made Sep 8 at 2014 4:15 PM

SGT Richard H. — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:15:29 -0400

Interesting thread, CPO Jon Campbell. I had never heard of this before (abiotic oil theory) so I did some quick googling, and it seems there are some people here that think it's worth examining as well. Who knows? We figured out how to make gasoline from algae a couple of years ago, so why not?

With regard to the thread topic, I can definitely see where Putin (or whoever) might gamble on where they believe the next store may lie....as far as using that to predict their next move, though, that seems a little more difficult as it would either have to involve some science that exactly agrees with theirs, or some high-level espionage.