The Taphonomy of Oil

Jere Lipps wrote a wonderful article in the latest Palaontologica Electronica on how oil is formed, the processes of developing our oil resources, and why it can't last forever. While I may quibble with his decay under oxic vs. anoxic conditions, the article is a great explanation of the oil problem in terms everyone can understand and should be required reading for everyone, and to help that, here is the link to the article: http://palaeo-electronica.org/2008_2/commentary/oil.htm.