Fossil Fuels: Is there any reason to question that oil and coal and natural gas are formed from dead plants an

Question

d animals? Is it possible that the earth actually produces these things?

Answer 1

Only if you put religious faith ahead of science.

Answer 2

Hydrocarbons such as naptha can be found in space.

However, I am SURE that fossil fuels FOR THE MOST part found in the earth's crust come from plants and animals.

In addition to having this info from all reputable scientists, I ALSO have it from HIGHER BEINGS who witnessed the entire evolution of life on earth.

Thus, I am VERY SURE.

Nevertheless, you do see some strange (usually ignorant or non-expert people saying otherwise on the radio and such). And even a few supposed scientists. Usually these are not chemists or geologists who have the weightier opinion here, one that should merit more attention than physicists or fringe physicists or non-petroleum engineers.

If you want to know about those who witnessed it all, check out THE URANTIA BOOK.

Caveat: Some methane may have other origins. You find methane on planets and in space.

We are starting to get real sharp as far as the evolution of space materials, expect many questions to be answered, and many more discoveries to be made in this century.

Answer 3

There was a theory way back when that petroleum formed due to igneous activity, but that theory has been invalidated. Oil is mostly formed from microscopic organisms that use a substantial part of the sunlight energy into creating something similar to vegetable oil for buoyancy in the water column. Natural gas is mostly produced from decaying plants and coal is the end product of tissue remains of these plants. These processes are still in operation today (peat production, for instance), and detailed environments can show the heat and temperature required to create the appropriate hydrocarbons. Naturally, the ignorant and misinformed can challenge this science based on their beliefs, but what they do isn't science.

Answer 4

No and no.