[Mind-numbed Robot]

And now there is a theory that petroleum is not actually a "fossil" fuel, but a natural, and ongoing, process. So we may NEVER "run out of oil."

I read about this a few years ago. Supposedly depleted fields mysteriously filled up again.

[John H K]

Supposedly depleted fields mysteriously filled up again

Theory's basically a crock. It's really popular among people who really don't know their stuff, but petroleum geologists make fun of it. The field that "mysteriously filled up" turned out to be connected to another field through a fault.