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To: Wonder Warthog

Some of those are going to get trapped on the bottom under sediment without sufficient nutrients to allow microbes to complete their work.

In a 100 million years or so, they will likely be part of another buried oil field...


13 posted on 04/29/2015 11:24:57 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
""Some of those are going to get trapped on the bottom under sediment without sufficient nutrients to allow microbes to complete their work."

Degradation still happens. Different microbes for different environments, even underground. The oil itself becomes a set of nutrients.

28 posted on 04/29/2015 3:11:18 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Newly fledged NRA Life Member (after many years as an "annual renewal" sort))
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