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Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:49 pm to Lou
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They aren't a result of dinosaur bones, so what kind of "fossil" are they referring to? One reason I ask is, they have discovered oil 35,000 feet below the earth's surface. They have found fossils at 25,000 feet only.
Dead ancient sea algae such as what oysters feed on decayed in layer of silt in the absence of oxygen. That is why source rock of oil is found in shale. Hubert's Peak Oil did note this but in the 1950's there was no way to extract tight shale oil until geosteerable drilling was developed in LA. Hydraulic fracturing and horizopntal drilling were already being used by the 1950s. Accuracy to drill down seams of shale was required.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:56 pm to OWLFAN86
Webster had an image of a fossil
Posted on 8/28/26 at 4:04 pm to Joshjrn
quote:Exercise in behavioral science. The question was simple, I wanted to see whether people responded positively or negatively. What drives the negativity in a response to an innocuous question posed for educational purposes only ?
Honest question: why?
Posted on 8/28/26 at 4:55 pm to Lou
There are some that theorize the crude reserves are migrating upward from a much deeper layer within the earth's crust.
It would explain that we never seem to totally run out, we only have to explore a different area/depth.
Since I wasn't around a million years ago, I have no idea what happened on the earth back then.
It would explain that we never seem to totally run out, we only have to explore a different area/depth.
Since I wasn't around a million years ago, I have no idea what happened on the earth back then.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:44 pm to cypresstiger
Artificial scarcity to jack up the prices
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 9:22 pm to Lou
Dinosaur remains don’t make up fossil fuels
Most of it is from plants and marine life and plankton/algae.
It’s also a renewable resource not finite, though we consume faster than replacement. All decomposed organic matter ends up that way. That’s how we use crops like soybeans to make fuel, or why there’s a grease spot where a dead animal decomposes. It can all be used as fuel and over a long time under natural processes become crude oil
Most of it is from plants and marine life and plankton/algae.
It’s also a renewable resource not finite, though we consume faster than replacement. All decomposed organic matter ends up that way. That’s how we use crops like soybeans to make fuel, or why there’s a grease spot where a dead animal decomposes. It can all be used as fuel and over a long time under natural processes become crude oil
Posted on 8/28/26 at 10:41 pm to AndyCBR
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There are some that theorize the crude reserves are migrating upward from a much deeper layer within the earth's crust.
It would explain that we never seem to totally run out, we only have to explore a different area/depth.
Conventional deposits have migrated to a trap. It is recovered differently and from vertical wells.
Unconventional deposits don’t migrate and that is why we have horizontal hydraulic fracturing. As someone stated, companies were not going after these deposits effectively until about 20 years ago and it still has been improving.
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 10:44 pm to Lou
We will never run out of oil. It makes itself.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 10:50 pm to Lou
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Gasoline is referred to as a fossil fuel. Meaning, oil was discovered below the earth's surface, and with refining can be turned into a combustible fuel used as a source of energy that powers automobiles. So - why are they called "fossil" fuels?
The "fossil fuel" myth was created by oil companies to create the illusion of scarcity for their product even going so far as amoco using a dinosaur on their signs back in the day. In truth oil comes out of the earth and previously drilled wells can be redrilled if you wait long enough
look up the abiotic oil theory
Posted on 8/28/26 at 11:14 pm to Lou
If we stopped pumping petroleum right now, the erf would begin creating hydrocarbons to refill the chambers we have emptied. Natural gas and coal are the only real "fossil fuels".... Fight me!
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