Is Fossil Fuel Actually Produced Renewably Inside the Earth? | The Epoch Times

Cypress said:
Some of the world's largest peteoleum reservoirs in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Russia occur in ancient, buried carbonate reef rocks, which are rocks of biologic origin including reef-building organisms which have calcareous shells and structures.
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Rocks are not biological material. Saudi Arabia is primarily igneous rock. So is Iraq. So is Russia. There were no reefs there. You are making shit up. The worlds largest petroleum field is currently in Venezuela.
 
Into the Night said:
Rocks are not biological material. Saudi Arabia is primarily igneous rock. So is Iraq. So is Russia. There were no reefs there. You are making shit up. The worlds largest petroleum field is currently in Venezuela.
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So you are unaware that some animals, like coral and other reef building organisms have mineral material built up around their bodies, typically calcium carbonate.

So of the great oil reservoirs of the world in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, western Canada are in limestones which are ancient reef systems.

Sedimentary basins are deep enough to reach the peteoleum generation window. The world's great sedimentary basins are 10 to 20 km deep.
 
Cypress said:
So you are unaware that some animals, like coral and other reef building organisms have mineral material built up around their bodies, typically calcium carbonate.
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Coral is not rock.
Cypress said:
So of the great oil reservoirs of the world in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, western Canada are in limestones which are ancient reef systems.
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There are no 'ancient reef systems' in any of these locations. Oil does not occur in coral reefs.
Cypress said:
Sedimentary basins are deep enough to reach the peteoleum generation window. The world's great sedimentary basins are 10 to 20 km deep.
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Buzzword fallacy. There is no such thing as a 'petroleum generation window'. Igneous rock is not sedimentary rock. Rock is not a biological material.
 
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Phoenyx said:
The evidence that many oil fields have been refilling themselves is not new. I'd certainly heard it before. The article below cites a New York Times article from 1995 that suggests it:
Geochemist Says Oil Fields May Be Refilled Naturally | New York Times


But until now, I hadn't heard of an explanation as to how this could be. This article bridges that gap to some extent. Note that this doesn't mean I think that the world should continue to use oil the way they are currently doing. Regardless of how renewable oil is, I firmly believe that its effects on global warming are quite real. In any case, on to the article...

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Most people are taught that petroleum is formed deep under the Earth over the course of millions of years and is derived from the remains of plankton, plants, and other biological organisms. This explanation is stated matter-of-factly on certain government and educational websites.

This theory for oil formation is, however, just that—a theory. There is an opposing view that has substantial evidence to back it up.

Credence for oil’s organic origin (biotic origin) is strong in the United States, while the idea of an inorganic origin (abiotic origin) has long been accepted among post-Soviet scientists. Some American scientists have also jumped on the abiotic train, scorned though it may be by most of their peers.

They point to problems posed by the idea that oil comes from dead plants.

Where Did All That Dead Stuff Come From?

When a plant or animal dies, very little of its matter is buried. Nature recycles—some of nature’s greatest recyclers are insects, microorganisms, fungi, and bacteria. Has enough organic matter really been buried below the Earth to create trillions of barrels of oil?

Moreover, the biotic theory holds that organic matter must fit within the “oil window” before becoming oil. The oil window refers to a set of conditions, including reaching a particular depth (1 to 2.5 miles) where the temperature is right (140 to 300 degrees Fahrenheit) for oil to be produced.

Proponents of the alternative, abiotic theory, say oil may instead be a primordial substance that rises up from the Earth’s depths through fissures. Thus, oil might originate independently of organic sources undergoing chemical processes, similar to how methane is found on asteroids or in other barren environments.
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Full article:
Is Fossil Fuel Actually Produced Renewably Inside the Earth? Some Scientists Theorize ‘Abiotic’ Origins of Oil | The Epoch Times
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Even if fossil fuels are renewable, we don't have only two billion people using them anymore.
The earth can't survive seven or eight billion people using them.


The human species has fucked itself into an untenable situation, so here we are.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Even if fossil fuels are renewable, we don't have only two billion people using them anymore.
The earth can't survive seven or eight billion people using them.


The human species has fucked itself into an untenable situation, so here we are.
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There is plenty of oil, if one is only willing to drill for it.
 
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