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by SonicScrub 943 days ago
> 1. Fossil fuels can't just run out because they are produced continuously by dead matter decaying over time.

I love this comment for being the perfect example of how something can be technically correct, while also being completely wrong on every conceivable level.

Yes. Fossil fuels are derived from natural ongoing processes (some are at least, coal formation may be over forever), but at a painstakingly slow rate that it is meaningless to any point being made when people talk about "running out of fossil fuels". "Running out of fossil fuels" implicitly refers to human timescales. Not geological ones. Everyone understands this when discussing this topic. So either you are painfully ignorant on the subject of how fossil fuels are formed, or are intentionally trying to derail discussions surrounding the actual problems we face.