L. Fletcher Prouty: Oil is not a fossil fuel; it is the second most prevalent liquid on Earth

The Expose' ^ | SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 | RHODA WILSON

[albie]

So there!

[llevrok]

I always wonder - if oil was created once (and not from dead dinosaurs), couldn’t it still be creating itself? In short, a renewable resource?

[knarf]

Well, it’s a hell’uv’alott’a dead dino’s and grass that has supplied the entire PLANET for about a hundred years, would’n’cha’ think ?

[Psalm 73]

I never thought petroleum was a fossil fuel, the scientific rationale for it wasn't really compelling.

I think petroleum is produced naturally within the earth. And there is virtually a limitless supply.

[VastRWCon]

I never believed in the Dinosaur “fossil fuel” myth. It never made any sense.

[Red Badger]

Nope, not enough dinosaurs..................

[waterhill]

Abiotic.Hydrocarbons.Are.

[Son-Joshua]

Finally the truth about Oil. It’s not a fossil fuel, but a natural resource that is arguably being produced as a matter of rock, heat, and pressure.

[CatOwner]

Seems like the dead dinosaurs got caught up in the Earth’s ability to produce oil on its own.

[subterfuge]

Finally someone states the truth!

[Red Badger]

Abiotic and adiabatic...................

[pierrem15]

A tremendous amount of calcium carbonate rock is pushed around underground. It is possible to convert calcium carbonate into hydrocarbons: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/ra/c3ra40264a.

The paper argues that with iron compounds the efficiency is comparable to Fischer-Tropf.

[Red Badger]

Just wait.

Someone will come along here shortly to tell us we are all full of crap................

[subterfuge]

Yep. Subversives.

[Red Badger]

Add to that tremendous pressures and temperatures that we could not reproduce in a factory.................

[Phoenix8]

Sorry army officers don’t equate to geologists.

Fossils have been found at 30,000 feet depth. There are no underground undiscovered oceans of oil. By the way fossils have also been found on Mt Everest…of Fish. That doesn’t mean the ocean used to be that deep, it means rock strata can move, be pushed up or down over the eons etc.

It’s a non-renewable fossil fuel…we best get used to that fact because we will deplete it to the point it won’t be available for private consumption one day…or our kids or grandkids day etc.

[albie]

Just like carbon isn’t something we need to eliminate. If we do, we’re dead meat.

[Red Badger]

Old oil wells have been known to become productive again after years of being shut down..............

[EEGator]

You’re all full of crap!…