[ROCKMAN]

Dino - As Sheldon on the "Big Bang Theory" says: "Geologists aren't really scientists...they are just dirt people".
Dirt people that make fun of theoretical physicists...and people who believe that abiotic oil will save BAU.

[dinopello]

You guys may not be real scientists, but where would we be without you ?

Just don't let yourself be taken for granite.

[DesuMaiden]

What does BAU stand for btw?

[SeaGypsy]

Business As Usual

[ROCKMAN]

Gypsy - And all this time I thought it stood for Big Arrogant Understatement

[kildred590]

Actually the main reason is that no oil has been found deeper than the Jurassic layer (or whatever period it was that the marine creatures were laid down). Soviet scientists claimed they had discovered some in a deep mine in Khazakstan in the 1970s, but that claim has never been substantiated.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ctually the main reason is that no oil has been found deeper than the Jurassic layer (or whatever period it was that the marine creatures were laid down). Soviet scientists claimed they had discovered some in a deep mine in Khazakstan in the 1970s, but that claim has never been substantiated