Oil is not a fossil fuel.

[Nagel]

They probably get crushed into oblivion once they're anywhere near a subduction zone. I don't know what's the maximum depth at which recognisable fossils have been found; I would think it's more to do with how deep people bother going to look for them, than how deep they may exist.

 

Fossils are used for dating rocks when drilling a well, micro and nano-fossils which gives you an idea of their tiny size. I've never actually thought about how deep a fossil can survive, but the answer would be up to the depth at which rock is permanently altered and becomes metamorphic.

 

That's not a fixed depth as it depends on temperature and some parts of the earth's crust are hotter than others.

[Alcoblog]

I don't think olive oil's a fossil fuel

[JarvisS8]

Is oil a fossil fuel ?

According to some it isn't. Sounds a little far fetched when for so long we have accepted the fossil theory.

Think about it though for a minute....

 

I have wondered before about how ancient animal and plant life became oil rather than break down as it does today ,into "dust" ?

 

Perhaps some of you scientists out there could explain the process for me.

 

Anyway, the alternative theory is that oil is actually a Abiotic fluid produced naturally in the earth's core and self replenishing.

 

http://www.rense.com/general67/oils.htm

"To begin with, oil is not a fossil fuel. This is a theory put forth by 18th century scientists. Within 50 years, Germany and France's scientists had attacked the theory of petroleum's biological roots. In fact, oil is abiotic, not the product of long decayed biological matter. And oil, for better or for worse, is not a non-renewable resource. It, like coal, and natural gas, replenishes from sources within the mantle of earth. This is the real and true science of oil"

 

Interesting video on the subject http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck01KhuQYmE

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As no fossils have been found deeper than 16.000 ft ,it does seem strange that oil company's are drilling far deeper than that to find fossil fuel ?

 

There is evidence to suggest the peak oil crisis is a con to extract as much money as possible from us by claiming oil is scarce and increasingly more difficult and expensive to find.

 

Your source is a bit one sided don't you think. And sorry had to laugh out loud at coal been a renewable source

 

In the leading theory, dead organic material accumulates on the bottom of oceans, riverbeds or swamps, mixing with mud and sand. Over time, more sediment piles on top and the resulting heat and pressure transforms the organic layer into a dark and waxy substance known as kerogen.

Left alone, the kerogen molecules eventually crack, breaking up into shorter and lighter molecules composed almost solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Depending on how liquid or gaseous this mixture is, it will turn into either petroleum or natural gas.

 

Abiogenic sources of oil have been found, but never in commercially profitable amounts. The controversy isn't over whether naturally forming oil reserves exist, said Larry Nation of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. It's over how much they contribute to Earth's overall reserves and how much time and effort geologists should devote to seeking them out.

 

Source-- http://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html

 

So nobody is denying or hiding the fact that Abiogenic oil exist's however we have not found an abundant amount of the stuff yet.

 

Both processes for making petroleum likely require thousands of years. Even if Earth does contain far more oil than currently thought, it's inevitable that reserves will one day run out. Source-- http://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html

 

And we will still run out of the stuff one day has it says in the source it's inevitable

[Alcoblog]

Your source is a bit one sided don't you think. And sorry had to laugh out loud at coal been a renewable source

 

In the leading theory, dead organic material accumulates on the bottom of oceans, riverbeds or swamps, mixing with mud and sand. Over time, more sediment piles on top and the resulting heat and pressure transforms the organic layer into a dark and waxy substance known as kerogen.

Left alone, the kerogen molecules eventually crack, breaking up into shorter and lighter molecules composed almost solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Depending on how liquid or gaseous this mixture is, it will turn into either petroleum or natural gas.

 

Abiogenic sources of oil have been found, but never in commercially profitable amounts. The controversy isn't over whether naturally forming oil reserves exist, said Larry Nation of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. It's over how much they contribute to Earth's overall reserves and how much time and effort geologists should devote to seeking them out.

 

Source-- http://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html

 

So nobody is denying or hiding the fact that Abiogenic oil exist's however we have not found an abundant amount of the stuff yet.

 

Both processes for making petroleum likely require thousands of years. Even if Earth does contain far more oil than currently thought, it's inevitable that reserves will one day run out. Source-- http://www.livescience.com/9404-mysterious-origin-supply-oil.html

 

And we will still run out of the stuff one day has it says in the source it's inevitable

Nice bit of Googling there to make it look like you know what you're talking about!

Surely coal and oil are being produced all the time ... plants and animals still die as they have been doing forever. Even small things like landfill sites will eventually turn into fuel.

The more we use, the more we waste. The more we bury, the more fuel we're providing for future generations.

[megalithic]

We need a facepalm emoticon here, it would have come in handy as a succinct reply to the OP.

[Bulgarian]

The more we bury, the more fuel we're providing for future generations.

 

I'm fairly sure any trees we bury now won't be coal for a very long time.

[andyofborg]

Dead people breakdown (with bacteria) into a kind of oily soup, it's not hard to believe that other living things do too

 

perhaps we could turn people into oil rather than soylent green

[Bulgarian]

perhaps we could turn people into oil rather than soylent green

 

if people wern't so squeemish about dead people it would be a good idea.

[andyofborg]

if people wern't so squeemish about dead people it would be a good idea.

 

maybe we could do it while they are still alive.......

[Bulgarian]

maybe we could do it while they are still alive.......

 

thats going a bit too far