A recent publication in Geophysical Research Letters concludes that a past episode of global warming (during the Eocene epoch) resulted in higher rates of petroleum formation.
Thus one of our serious problems--global warming--could help mitigate a very serious problem--petroleum depletion. Ongoing warming (anthropogenic or not) may lead to rapid (well, geologically speaking) replenishment of oil fields (say on a ten-million year timescale, for those of you who can wait).
Thus one of our serious problems--global warming--could help mitigate a very serious problem--petroleum depletion. Ongoing warming (anthropogenic or not) may lead to rapid (well, geologically speaking) replenishment of oil fields (say on a ten-million year timescale, for those of you who can wait).
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