Steve Hix wrote:
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Steve Cramer wrote:

Bob Noble wrote:
SUVs and motorboats run on dead dinosaurs
Maybe that's because they don't.
Oil is not made of dead dinos.
It's made from decaying vegetation. Most vegetation that grows has oils in
it.
When it dies, it has to go somewhere. So, is oil so bad?
I don't recall anyone saying oil was bad.

Petroleum comes from decaying organic matter: plants, animals, fish,
whatever, including dinosaurs. Perhaps even the little furry guys,
although i don't know if they've been around long enough.

There is some evidence that it even comes from non-biological
hydrocarbon sources, specifically methan outgassing from deed rock.

Right, I've just come across that idea. Would be nice if it's true.
There may be more of the stuff down there than we thought. I think we
shouldn't count on that, though.

Steve