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The Great Oil Conspiracy: It has been known since the end of WWII that oil is not a fossil fuel; it is abiotic
By Rhoda Wilson on October 1, 2023	)

There are two basic theories for the origin of crude oil: biotic and abiotic. The origin of petroleum or natural gas may seem like a strange debate to have but determining whether....

https://expose-news.com/2023/10/01/great-oil-conspiracy-oil-is-not-a-fossil-fuel/ 
 @6a018a2a I dont know much about oil, but I have been skeptical of the fossil fuel theory for some time.  There is so much oil and coal  and natural gas, it doesn't seem possible to have produced it by compressing decayed organic matter.  The billions of barrels that have been produced would take trillions and trillions of tons of organic mater.