Is oil really made from animal carcasses? I found that coal underground can be turned into oil.

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　　Textbooks say that oil is formed from ancient animal carcasses. At first, it was said that they were all formed from the carcasses of animals in the sea. Li Siguang believed that oil fields could also exist on land. The discovery of China’s Daqing Oil Field was not only a great achievement of the Great Leap Forward, as well as the result of the people’s efforts to find oil, but it was also a victory for Li Siguang’s theories – and of course, a great victory for *’s ideology as well. But Li Siguang said there were large oil fields in Sichuan, but he was not accurate. 　　According to Li Siguang’s theory, continental oil is actually of aquatic origin; it forms from the remains of animals in lakes. 　　Is it really impossible to produce oil without rivers, lakes, and seas? It seems to be that conclusion. 　　But I think that coal buried underground on land can turn into oil; in other words, there can be oil fields even without rivers, lakes, or seas. 　　Magma underground often rises to the upper layers of the crust. If it seeps into a coal mine, it could turn the coal mine into an oil field. 　　Carbon is the best possible reducing agent, and the reaction is almost irreversible. What would happen if an underground magma flow reached near a coal mine? 　　Firstly, if it is not anthracite, carbonization occurs; the organic substances in the coal are extracted through carbonization, and since they are hydrocarbons, they turn into oil. Coal can be liquefied. 　　Secondly, there is groundwater beneath the ground. When groundwater and coal are exposed to high temperatures, a reaction occurs between them; in the absence of air, water becomes the only oxidizing agent. Water reacts with coal to form water gas: H2O + C = H2 + CO. Then, water gas undergoes an exothermic reaction to produce methane and other hydrocarbons. Methane also polymerizes with carbon, eventually forming oil. Magma provides the heat required for the reaction, and it also solidifies within the oil. 　　The underground coal mines became oil mines. 　　It’s just not proven yet; theoretically, there’s absolutely no problem, and people themselves are already repeating the process of turning coal into oil. Germany was the first to develop it. It supported World War II. 　　Let me ask you another question: is there more coal on Earth, or more coal gangue? I asked this question online. No one replied. I guess it’s because there is much more coal gangue than coal, and it hasn’t caught people’s attention because they consider coal gangue to be useless. If coal indeed originated from ancient forests, then how much forest material would be needed to turn it into coal that is valuable for mining? Moreover, there are coal mines on Earth that are a hundred meters, or even several hundred meters, thick – how did these forests accumulate? How thick is it exactly? If the thickness is insufficient and sand, dust, and soil get mixed in, it becomes coal gangue. It is very difficult to accumulate to a thickness that makes it exploitable; therefore, most ancient forests could only turn into coal gangue, rather than coal mines. So coal gangue should be more than coal. 　　Even grasslands can become a source of coal gangue. Year after year, the grasslands grow and then die again; wind blows sand from the deserts and deposits it on the dead grass, causing the layer to grow thicker and thicker. Such dead grass cannot be turned into coal, but it can be transformed into coal gangue. 　　Beneath a coal gangue mine (which I now refer to as a mine), if magma rises up and heats the area, it can, together with groundwater, turn into oil. Once this oil encounters suitable geological strata, it accumulates there and forms an oil deposit. Without underground structures to store oil, the oil would have long spilled to the surface and burned up, oxidizing. 　　For humans, coal gangue mines are actually a good source of energy as well; at least when oil and coal run out, coal gangue will be the only option left. 　　Everyone, am I right? Can oil deposits form away from rivers, lakes, and seas? Is coal gangue much more abundant than coal? Can this be used to guide people in searching for oil? 　　There is actually a great deal of fuel on Earth. Over 40 years ago, I conducted calculations regarding the abundance of elements on Earth, and found that the Earth’s crust is entirely reducing in nature; in other words, as long as oxygen exists in the atmosphere, there will be an unlimited supply of fuel. Coal, oil, natural gas, and combustible ice found beneath the oceans all exist in contrast to oxygen; they are formed from ancient plants. Those sources are not as rich in these substances, with coal gangue being an example – perhaps coal gangue is already rich enough in them. There are even rarer fuels. 　　If this is feasible, then in the future we should look for oil in areas where magma can easily emerge from underground. Our country is a place prone to earthquakes; there are fault lines everywhere, and in many areas, magma has been erupting since ancient times and even today, as well as oil being produced. We can then go near the fault zone to look for oil. This is purely continental oil generation. It has nothing to do with rivers, lakes, and seas at all. 　　Everyone, do you think what I said makes sense? 　　　C+H2O=CO+H2 2nCO+（n+2）H2=H2（CH2）n+nCO2 It is an endothermic reaction; petroleum is not only a storage of solar energy but also of geothermal energy. Carbon comes from ancient forests and grasslands. Oil is formed as a result of geothermal activity acting on coal mines and coal gangue. 　　What I call it is oil generation by thermal methods; whereas in the past, whether it was the marine theory or Li Siguang’s continental theory, oil generation was considered to occur through aquatic methods. 　　Since our country is prone to earthquakes, it is also a major oil producer.