Maybe it is because when something is cooking constantly, it always gives off a gas along with the resulting pressure if it is contained. Think about how a pressure cooker works.
Cooling gas condensates into a liquid.
Cooling liquids eventually turn to more of a solid.
Now, think about the earth’s core and the next time a volcano erupts, or go back to those streaming videos of the Deep Horizon spill.
I know I am going to gets lots of jokes made, but maybe it is because the biggest lie in conventional wisdom is that it is not a renewable resource.
I don’t think I’d fault your end question about ‘renewable’ per se.
I first would try to look at oil, gas whatever usable energy source as a reasonably natural energy source and see what it is comprised of. Try to estimate what the logical distribution of it would be in all the cubic miles, mass of the earth, or however you want to quantify it. Then possibly see if there is a mechanism like continual heat and core movement that would help the process of formulation along.
In the end, I’d tend to think that the potential quantity of what we are talking about with respect to the mass of the earth could well be considered renewable or virtually inexhaustible given practical expected usage of it (that we could actually get).
I can’t answer all that because I’m not a geologist with all the right inputs to work with, but a lot of the people that conclusively say the science is settled and that we’re all gonna die (run out) are not either. Not even close.
It is about power and control and the money that goes with. Whether it’s oil or the environment it makes no difference IMO.
I believe you have given a simple explanation regarding what a large proportion of the O&G industry believes.
I know I am going to gets lots of jokes made, but maybe it is because the biggest lie in conventional wisdom is that it is not a renewable resource.
Ding ding ding!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No joke!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep. Oil is a byproduct of magma.
I’m with you - I think more and more is being “made” even today, and it’s not a fixed amount created some time in the past. The rate of creation may or may not be higher than our rate of consumption,
but then, economics will take care of that.