[trailhkr1]

I have been saying this for decades now.... “fossil fuels” is nothing but a myth... want proof, bury a dead animal in your yard, return in a year and dig it up... you have bones and dirt, not oil.... millions of years will not turn bone or dirt to oil.... ashes to ashes, dust to dust (not ashes to oil, dust to oil).. another econazi myth

Wow, don't even know where to start. Oil is the result of extreme pressure, heat and lot's of time.

Srs. you need to take a basic education courses, not at the college level but 5-6 grade level. Your response is embarrassing to say the least

[joe fonebone]

no, what’s embarassing is newly signed up econazi trying to infiltrate the board... go away

[netmilsmom]

>>Srs. you need to take a basic education courses, not at the college level but 5-6 grade level. Your response is embarrassing to say the least <<

Open your mind Newbie.

[netmilsmom]

Oh and let me just add, thackney is FR’s premier energy experts. He has much more than a 5th or 6th grade education.

[thackney]

Oil is the result of extreme pressure, heat and lot's of time.

An silly theory. For decades we have used heat and pressure to break down oil into smaller, less complex molecules.

We can make methane (natural gas) out of crude oil this way, but the target is to take the heavy crude and make gasoline, diesel etc.

What happens in the earth is the complex organic molecules of mostly algae, plankton, etc get trapped without an oxygen source on the bottom of lake and sea beds. Their complex organic molecules are reduced to hydrocarbon molecules. If enough heat, pressure and time is given, it will break down nearly all of it to natural gas.

http://www.hk-phy.org/energy/power/source_phy/flash/formation_e.html

With land plants, the similar process creates coal.

http://www.hk-phy.org/energy/power/source_phy/flash/formation_e.html

Srs. you need to take a basic education courses, not at the college level but 5-6 grade level.

I thought the animations at the link would be simple enough for you to understand.