School chemistry means it was a ~20 year old prediction 30 years ago, based on known oil deposits 50 years ago. It would have been a hopeful prediction from to

School chemistry means it was a ~20 year old prediction 30 years ago, based on known oil deposits 50 years ago. It would have been a hopeful prediction from today's perspective, as we would necessarily have stopped pumping and burning oil by now, but unfortunately we haven't.