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corrected implied notiion that most scientists believe fossil fuels are from ancient fossils
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'''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.
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'''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.
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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>
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"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>
    
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