[thackney]

methane+time+heat=oil

There is nothing showing that to be true. Hydrocarbon molecules under heat and time break down, not form more complex molecules.

[USCG SimTech]

methane+time+heat=oil

There is nothing showing that to be true. Hydrocarbon molecules under heat and time break down, not form more complex molecules.

So is diamond less complex? Carbon+time+heat+pressure=diamond

Just asking, I don't know.