Abiotic Oil: Fossils, Frauds, and Fallacies

A culture of weird science

I had a strange thought a few weeks ago. I'd heard of the abiotic origin theory of oil (that oil is generated from deep in the earth via chemical reactions unrelated to organic decomposition and is thus infinitely renewable). I also understood that the concept plays well in conspiracy circles, so I never really looked into it too deeply. At MNTL it’s i…