Um...duh?
Whoever believed fossils made fossil fuel takes things way too literally.
Fossil fuel comes from material created through the fossilization process.
Originally posted by IkNOwSTuff
reply to post by tonycliffs
There are enough food and resources, maybe just not enough for the lifestyle me and you take for granted.
Even a country like Malaysia which is considered a developing 3rd world nation wastes over 6 tons of food a day.
It isnt a problem of resources its a problem of distribution and lifestyle
Originally posted by Hellhound604
reply to post by tonycliffs
I am still neutral to the abiotic oil hypothesis, as I have not seen enough proof of it yet, but as always, I try to keep an open mind.
But in the end, even if we never run out of oil, the pollution caused by burning fossil fuels has to be stopped somewhere. We can't continue polluting the earth with oil-pollution and plastic. Sooner or later, we have to stop, and invest in green resources, irrespective of the source.
If oil is really proven to be abiotic, and a sustainable resource, AND we can utilize it better than burning and dumping all the CO2 in the atmosphere or the oceans, then I am all for it.
Originally posted by FissionSurplus
reply to post by tonycliffs
After speaking with my husband, who grew up around oil wells and whose grandfather is one of the founders of a huge oil patch out here, he completely agrees that oil is not fossil fuel. After thinking about it, I also agree that it is probably abiotic in nature.
I just can't see there being that many dinosaurs and plant life that far down in the ground. According to one video I watched, Russia is finding oil at over 40,000 ft down. That's much deeper than the layer at which dinosaur bones are found. The fossil fuel theory makes no sense when you examine it "in depth" (pun fully intended).
Having said all that, at the rate we are consuming it, the Earth cannot produce enough to meet demands. But if it is a chemical process, that begs the question, could it be made synthetically?
Originally posted by isyeye
reply to post by tonycliffs
If oil is created abioticly, why is it that I drive by oil wells that had run dry and abandoned decades ago, and never touched again? If oil was abiotic, wouldn't they reactivate the wells after a while? And even if it is abiotic, with dried up abandoned wells scattered everywhere, it should be obvious that oil couldn't be produced fast enough to meet demand.