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Stegiel's avatar

Abiogenic oil is not fossil fuel. Fossil fuel was an idea proposed in a book published in 1759 by German chemist Caspar Neumann. In 2009, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm reported research that suggests crude oil and natural gas can be generated outside of the decomposition of flora and fauna fossils. That finding provides support for the idea that petroleum and natural gas can form through more than one method.

https://healthresearchfunding.org/abiotic-oil-theory-explained/

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Just wanted to point out how "models" are the favorite play toy of people with philosophical (or other) axes to grind. Asshole Dr. Neal Ferguson brought us the model that triggered "justification" for massive Covungabunga TYRANNY. These models of population, production, etc. are just that: Models. Models that purport to Predict The Future. Umm hmmm....

Malthus predicted people would starve but failed to predict advances in farming and sanitation that utterly broke his "model". Personally, I am not at all satisfied to accept such models because they have been discredited by history (e.g. "all the glaciers will be gone by 2020", "we have only 12 years to save the planet", and other such Bull Shit).

Models cannot predict advances might be discovered that would discredit them. After all, there's not much Money in the sale of unreliable models. Just saying.

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