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RuinLoes t1_jeecor9 wrote

Reply to comment by d3sylva in US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling by capcaunul

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....

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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.

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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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