Questions tagged [hydrocarbons]
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Could oil deposits form where past geochemistry favored abiotic synthesis?
Doubt about an argument against abiotic petroleum.
I have been recently reading the controversial take of abiotic produced petroleum. I have read a counterargument that since major oil sources usually ...
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Signs of hydrocarbon contamination in soil?
So, let's say, ~completely theoretically~ you knew, beyond a reasonable doubt, a large oil company was doing something nefarious near you. They own a very strange property through a shell company. Now,...
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What is the importance of hydrocarbons to the natural environment?
I have not been able to find any scholarly resources citing the impact of hydrocarbons in stasis underground.
Hydrocarbons not being used for as a source of energy have very few noted needs for the ...
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