[jonascord]

As an addendum, consider that if you put methane, CH4, (One carbon, 4 hydrogen molecules.), CO2, (One Carbon, 2 Oxygen.) and water in a pressure vessel and cook it under high pressure and heat, you get a hydrocarbon goo. This experiment/alchemy dates back to the 1800's.

Another is that while oil spills are bad, they are also temporary. This cleanup is slow, but the Earth is patient. Select bacteria thrive on the stuff, even deep underground. Almost as if they had evolved to use it as a permanent food source...

Drillers reopening old wells to dispose of salt water have found oil in assumed to be depleted fields.

[ByteMercenary]

“This cleanup is slow, but the Earth is patient.”

Heh - heh ... paraphrasing from one of my favorite movies “High Road to China”.