RE: Petroleum: God's Well-timed Gift to Mankind

I am a bit embarassed. What a typo will do. I have already fixed the 700
billion barrel claim. it is 700 million, which is 1000 fold lower and is
about 2 weeks supply. Thanks to you and others for correcting my egregious
typo

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Al Koop [mailto:koopa@gvsu.edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:21 PM
>To: glennmorton@entouch.net
>Cc: asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Re: Petroleum: God's Well-timed Gift to Mankind
>
>
>Glenn,
>
>Your response to Ross comports well with what I know. I like it. Also,
>as I understand it, the tar sands of Alberta are the leftovers of a more
>extensive hydrocarbon source with the more volatile and easily
>recoverable stuff gone already. If it now has almost 2 trillion barrels
>of oil equivalent, it seems that earlier there would have been a lot
>more--more than we have total in the world today maybe. The timing has
>not been so good for using that source, or else there should have been a
>better constructed oil tight-dome over it.
>
>By the way, at the end of the article on your website you say you have
>been responsible for the discovery of 700 billion barrels--billion with
>a "B". I know you are good, but that good? I suspect you might mean
>700 million.
>
>Al Koop
>
>>>> "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net> 10/04/04 5:23 PM >>>
>Hugh Ross' latest article in Connections, entitled the same as the title
>to
>this post claims that petroleum is an anthropic coincidence. I have
>written
>a response. Any criticisms would be welcome. the response is at
>http://home.entouch.net/dmd/petgift.htm
>
>It is sad that apologists don't think out the consequences of what they
>claim.
>
>
Received on Tue Oct 5 19:50:53 2004