Popular science says oxygen is poisonous, and the whole internet scolds me for being sick

What's wrong?

Because some oil wells were mined very early and because the reserves are small.

It was soon mined out.

But after a period of time, people discovered that these oil wells that should have been exhausted.

We can actually dig up oil again.

Isn't oil non-renewable?

Does it take billions of years to form?
Why do depleted oil wells produce oil again?
And scientists have said this a long time ago.

Oil is non-renewable, and the oil we have now may only be able to sustain our current development for ten years.

But ten years have passed and the oil has not yet run out.

Scientists came out and said, we have discovered a new oil field.

All the oil in the world can be discovered.

Oil is non-renewable and cannot sustain the world for more than twenty years.

The oil soon ran out.

At that time, oil prices could be said to have skyrocketed for a period of time.

Some oil-producing countries had a good time back then.

But as they used it, they found that something seemed wrong.

Until now, oil has not been exhausted, and it seems that more and more oil is being produced.

How is this going?

Why are there so many biological remains left behind?

This doesn't seem right.

Ye Zhen smiled.

“That’s why, in addition to the theory of bio-organic oil formation,

Someone has put forward another theory.

That is the theory of inorganic oil formation.

Oil does not come from the decomposition of biological deposits.

Petroleum hydrocarbons originate deep within the blue planet.

The basis for this is the presence of hydrocarbons in the gases and lava flows emitted by volcanoes.

Chemical elements that can be used to produce hydrocarbons are also found in igneous rocks from deep underground.

But this is not the mainstream hypothesis now.

But the person who first proposed this hypothesis is more interesting.

His name was Mendeleev.

Yes, that’s the one who dreamed about the periodic table.

Mendeleev, who created the periodic table of elements and is the founder of modern chemistry.

He was the first to propose the theory that petroleum originates from inorganic sources.

But if that is the case, oil is produced from natural carbon and hydrogen elements through a long period of reaction underground.

Doesn’t that mean oil is a renewable resource?
It’s not as non-renewable as we think.”

Some of the audience seemed to understand something.

"Capital! Everything is capital!"

“Why do they support the biomass oil argument? Because oil is non-renewable.”

"This way, those who sell oil can have a monopoly, and the scarcity of goods makes them more valuable."

"If you knew, oil is available all over the world and is renewable."

"Then they can no longer do business."

"I was confused. When I was little, I kept hearing that oil was running out and was about to run out."

"We've been complaining about this for decades, but oil consumption is still increasing."

Then Ye Zhen showed everyone the latest findings.

“Everyone knows Mars, right?

Mars has always been considered a brother planet by scientists on our blue planet.

But scientists actually discovered something similar to an oil spill on Mars.

That was one day in 2009.

Scientists discovered a barren valley on Mars through a Mars probe.

Some black liquid actually began to emerge.

The liquid began to come out slowly.

What is it a bit like?

There are traces of oil spills on our side of the blue planet.

But if this is oil, scientists will be dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me?
Isn't oil something that comes from the sedimentation of biological remains over time?

There is oil on Mars, so does that mean that there were once large numbers of living things on Mars?
Otherwise, where would the oil on Mars come from?

It was not until the Mars rover successfully landed on Mars that scientists discovered the black substance that had leaked from Mars.

The ingredients are almost identical to Blue Star’s oil!
This solved the mystery of that year.

Is there oil on Mars? The answer is yes.

Because to put it bluntly, oil is nothing more than some saturated hydrocarbons.

Carbon and hydrogen are the most abundant elements in the universe.

This is the theory of the cosmic origin of oil that was later proposed by some people.

They believe that oil actually existed in the early days of the blue planet.

A layer of gas was formed by hydrocarbons in the solar system in the initial stage of the blue planet.

Then after cooling and reaction.

These hydrocarbons landed on the Blue Planet.

It started with the reaction of various surfaces and rain.

It slowly turned into oil.”

Although Professor Yan Xin is a biologist, he does not have a deep understanding of chemical engineering.

"Before, I only knew of two hypotheses about the origin of oil."

"Biogenic and Abiotic Origin."

“Why is the mainstream theory now biogenic, that is, oil is precipitated from biological organisms?”

"Because we have found biological organic matter and various biological remains in oil many times before."

"All these prove that oil is indeed evolved from biological sources."

But so far, we have not been able to recreate the birth of oil in the laboratory.

This is another experiment that requires billions of years as the time unit.

The space origin theory that Ye Zhen just mentioned was actually proposed by someone later.

But no matter which hypothesis.

Now there is nothing that can convince everyone.

"So where exactly oil comes from is still a mystery," Professor Yan Xin had to say.

There are still many things we don’t know yet.

Even the oil we use in large quantities today.

We don't know where oil comes from.

Something similar to oil has been discovered on Mars.

It seems that this can prove the theory of non-biological oil formation.

Because so far, we have not found any life on Mars.

Since there is oil even without any living things, doesn't that mean oil is formed by non-living things?

Later, someone came up with a theory.

Oil may be the blood of the planet.

Oil is not only the blood of industry, it may also be the blood of the planet.

Some scientists have thought of organisms that could live in oil.

"There are some anaerobic bacteria that can live in it and break down the oil for a living."

"For example, oil-loving bacteria have been used to treat oil spills."

“There are a lot of ancient fungi that feed on oil.”

"Microorganisms that degrade alkanes are found in many petroleum products."

Could it be that the petroleum organism that Ye Zhen was talking about was this kind?
Microorganisms that feed on alkanes?
In Bureau 749, Song Xuan didn't understand.

"What does this have to do with the Kola Superdeep Borehole?"

"I don't really understand, even if it's some microorganisms that break down oil."

“It’s not something rare.”

But then Ye Zhen showed everyone a photo.

“It was discovered in 1965 by Italian engineer Mino Verticino in a tar tunnel in Mexico.

These creatures are dark in color, with a sticky semi-solid surface, and look similar to giant pythons.

This is the original petroleum organism.

They believe that oil is produced by these organisms.

As long as we can keep these oil-producing organisms in captivity, we can obtain an endless supply of oil."

Petroleum organisms?

Everyone was dumbfounded.

What is this?
Everyone looked as if they were kidding me.

The petroleum organisms that Ye Zhen just mentioned are actually a kind of such thing.

But no one has ever heard of any petroleum organisms.

Because apart from this, no one has discovered any so-called petroleum organisms.

Until the Kola Superdeep Borehole. (End of this chapter)