There is some evidence that oil formation can be directly related to subduction zones and is a constant process.
There are lakes of methane on Saturn's moon, Titan, and it rains hydrocarbons..
Far as I know, there were never any dinosaurs wandering around there, or any other critters capable of decomposing into "fossil fuels"..
BTW, When I started this thread, I called it "Politics of Energy" but it seems that Economics of Energy is at least as important these days.
Environmentalism has unfortunately gone off the rails, no longer satisfied dealing with real pollution, but attempting to mandate (and subsidize) otherwise uneconomical (and in some cases) unrealistic sources of energy, all in the name of averting "climate change" or "global warming" or the current scary headline du jure..
What a free market in energy, or any other, for that matter, provides is maximum bang for the buck, much to the benefit of consumers and the economy in general.
It's too bad that this simple fact seems to elude so many people these days. It's not being "green" or "anti green", it's simple common sense to utilize the cheapest and most efficient energy sources available, and as the economics of energy change (scarcity of a particular resource, etc), the sources and methods of production will change in response.
Of course with idiot politicians and their supporters meddling in and mucking up the energy markets, then all bets are off and we'll all be paying a (very high) price as a result, IMO.. |
