| − | '''Fossil fuels''' - [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]], are sources of [[energy]] that are generally believed to have been formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago<ref>Up to 300 million years ago according to secular geology, or during the [[Great Flood]] according to [[Flood Geology]]</ref> and are thus essentially non-renewable. | + | '''Fossil fuels''' - [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]], are sources of [[energy]] that are believed by some mainstream scientists to have been formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.<ref>Up to 300 million years ago according to secular geology, or during the [[Great Flood]] according to [[Flood Geology]]</ref> and are thus essentially non-renewable. |
| − | There are, however, some scientists who claim that these fuels are found in deposits beneath the earth created through ongoing [[abiotic oil|abiotic]] processes.<ref>J. R. Nyquist, [http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/geo/pastanalysis/2006/0508.html Debunking Peak Oil], May 8, 2006 [[Geopolitical]].</ref>
| + | "Fossil fuel" is a misnomer though because it is created through ongoing [[abiotic oil|abiotic]] processes.<ref>J. R. Nyquist, [http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/geo/pastanalysis/2006/0508.html Debunking Peak Oil], May 8, 2006 [[Geopolitical]].</ref> |