Submitted by capcaunul t3_12704gj in Futurology
d3sylva t1_jee5gq0 wrote
Is there is any thing I wish people knew it is that oil isn't fossil fuels like they said, and it is never running out soon. Fossils is found at 16,000ft but oil is found at 30000
RuinLoes t1_jeecor9 wrote
Fossil fuel means that its formed from decomposed organic matter trapped under rock.
Not that its made from literal fossils. Which are stone.
Also what the hell are you talking about? We find fossil from hundreds of millions of years ago anywhere from thousands of feet to a dozen feet down. Thats not how geology works....
jamesbeil t1_jeefpzx wrote
I think u/d3sylva must be one of the nutcases who buy the abiotic hydrocarbon hypothesis. I can't find the page at present, but there's a lovely late-nineties-style page floating around suggesting that oil is infinitely renewable and it's all produced by bacteria in the mantle anyway.
RuinLoes t1_jeeii2j wrote
Of course there are conspiracy theorists that think that bacteria can live in high pressure magma. I bet they cite bacteria living near hydrothermal vents as evidence, right?
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