[Moonman62]

Are these the same professional pointy heads that tried to get everyone to believe that oil was the product derived from dead and decaying dinosaurs?

The dominant theory is that oil and coal come from plant matter, not dinosaurs.

[Strategerist]

The dominant theory is that oil and coal come from plant matter, not dinosaurs.

Phytoplankton are technically plants, of course, but it's important to note again we're talking about plankton in water, not land plants (which forms coal.)

And like I said, there is not now, and never has been, a scientific theory that oil comes from dead dinosaurs.