Thanks for the information.
Hopefully humanity can progress past the age of oil. Is oil convenient and practical today? Absolutely. Is there any reason we shouldn't strive to maximize the use of renewable energy sources? Absolutely not.
Wishful thinking on my part, it's just a bit bothersome...
This is a random question and I'm not scientifically oriented (which is obviously why I'm posting here).
If the origin of 'fossil' fuels as we know them came from the leftovers of biological species, why is 'fossil' fuel not called 'tree' fuel?
Sure it sounds stupid, but there have been...