I’m starting to believe in the anaerobic theory that the Russians have used, with some success, to find reserves. If that is wholly or even partially true, petroleum is just as renewable as corn or bamboo.
It seems quite plausible, at least for natural gas. I’m not at all convinced regarding oil. Then again, I’m just guessing.
No, the question should be: how many $$ in production cost does it take to make a gallon of “petrol from air” vs. the production cost of making a gallon of petrol from fossil fuel?
Of course, the Btu value of one gallon of the “petrol from air” must be equal to the number of Btus in the gallon of “petrol from fossil fuel”.
One should also include in the equation that in order to make “petrol from air” the production process will have to use energy from fossil fuel.
Me too. No one has ever answered or hardly even brought up the question of how dinosaurs and prehistoric vegetation got 1,2,3,5+ miles down below the earth to create oil. The abiogenic theory make alot more sense.