“Fossil fuels” is another one. It has lost most of it’s disparaging character over the years, but that was the original intent when it was coined. Use “hydrocarbons” or “petroleum” instead.
Yep. Even Rush would use that term. As you said, it should be called “petroleum.”
Saturn’s moon, Titan, has lakes of fossil fuels, methane and ethane. But when were any dinosaurs or plants there?