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To: RightWhale; Poison Pill
They might ask how many million bpd the planet is making, right now

I can't give you a number, either, but it makes sense that as source rocks reach thermal maturity, more oil is being generated.

The rate of generation may be abysmally slow compared to our rate of consumption, but it is still being made.

Note: I am NOT saying oil is abiotic in origin, just that the same processes which generated the oil we tap today are still going on out there.

17 posted on 06/03/2008 7:06:15 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
The rate of generation may be abysmally slow compared to our rate of consumption, but it is still being made.

I doubt it; this is one big mother of a planet.

18 posted on 06/03/2008 7:51:57 AM PDT by xjcsa (Has anyone seen my cornballer?)
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