Actually, this has major implications for the oil industry.
Sustainable oil is probably more fact than fiction as evidenced by the fact that we've probably burned more oil than there was ever biomass that converted into hydrocarbon chains like oil.
The fact that hydrocarbons seem to be prevalent throughout the solar system may indicate that they are probably also prevalent here on earth, if somewhat far, far below ground.
So what you're saying is, this explains Bush's Plan to get us to Mars? It's to help Haliburton? The DUmmies are right? :-P