/----/ "oil is finite" Why? When did small animals and vegetation cease to die?/----/ Here we go again, the fear mongers predictions of the end of oil going back to 1909:
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/weve-been-incorrectly-predicting-peak-oil-for-over-a-ce-1668986354
1909: 25 or 30 years longer.,.,.
1919: Two to five years until maximum production.,.,.,.,.
Those estimates were based on "known" reserves/consumption. Over time more oil is found and consumption goes up. The one fact you need to keep in mind is; oil is finite, our consumption is not.
Sooner or later the two (2) crash into each other & that day is 19 years away.
BBC - Standard Grade Bitesize Chemistry - How crude oil was formed ...
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/.../materialsfromoil/how_crude_oil_was_formed/.../1...
crude oil [crude oil : Crude oil is formed from the remains of small animals and plants that died and fell to the bottom of the sea. Their remains were covered by mud. As the sediment was buried by more sediment, it started to change into rock as the temperature and pressure increased.