The Origins of Oil: Debunking the Dinosaur Myth

Contrary to popular belief, oil is not made from the decomposed bodies of dinosaurs. Instead, it is formed from trillions of tiny algae and plankton that died millions of years ago and sank to the bottom of the sea. Over time, under high pressure and low oxygen conditions, these organic remains turned into oil. Dinosaurs, even if they ended up at the bottom of the ocean, would not have been converted into oil themselves due to the need for an oxygen-deprived environment.