took the claims to a retired geology professor from unc to ask if this theory about new oil being made every day has any scientific credence whatsoever. the professor told "indy week" no, the theory is, quote, his words,another idea conservatives have latched on to as a way to denying there's any limitation that the earth places on the way we live. they also noted part of the reason this theory has some appeal is if you think that the earth is not very old. i mean, i'm not bill nye the science guy, but if you are a creationist, if you believe there is nothing actually old on earth, that god created all of us including the dinosaurs just a couple thousand years ago, then really if you think the earth is only a couple thousand years old, then there's no room in that world view for understanding where oil came from. to understanding how ole die derives from things that are millions of years old. it can't be from stuff that's millions of years old if we've only been here a...

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