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by redconfetti 1618 days ago
Fossil fuels were created from sunlight, so really it's all solar.
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Sunlight is from fusion, so really it’s all nuclear.
And a whole lot of time, temperature, and pressure driven through geological processes.

Energy from gravity and radiation are contributing factors to fossil fuel production, even if the hydrocarbons broken down for use are largely photosynthetic in nature/origin, they owe their energy density that makes them a viable fuel source to factors beyond solar. Breaking that down has side effects beyond pure photosynthetic processes.

Essentially it's all "when did those solar photons hit the earth" time based arbitrage.