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I guess the meat of the controversy with me is: Is biogenic material required for oil to form, or can it form by chemical processes alone with materials present in the crust.
The presently existing commonly accepted answer is "yes". It may be wrong.
However it should be pointed out that these arguments mostly appear emanate from the small sect that insist that global warming is either not happening or is an entirely natural phenomenon which we can and should do nothing about. It is one of s eries of arguments that all converge on a singular conclusion: the broad sicentific community is mistakens and/or ideologically driven and in fact we CAN carry on regardless with our energy and material-intensive lifestyles.
This makes me highly suspicious of the real agenda of thse arguments.
Also I have a question from the above artic;e:
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At the mantle-crust interface, roughly 20,000 feet beneath the surface, rapidly rising streams of compressed methane-based gasses hit pockets of high temperature causing the condensation of heavier hydrocarbons. The product of this condensation is commonly known as crude oil.
Surely encountering a hot spot would add energy to the gas, and make it more volatile and less likely to condense or precipitate suspended particles. Condensation and precipitation are usually achieved by cooling, rather than heating, are they not?
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