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I vaguely remember reading something about how oil probably won't form again, because things evolved that'll just decompose the plants too quickly.
Did I invent this inside my brain?
That's coal iirc, formed mostly by the time between when trees evolved and when microbes evolved that could break down wood.
Makes sense enough to me, it was a pretty vague memory so it's absolutely possible I just mixed up coal and oil.
Wherever you read that was wrong, most of our oil is found in rock layers dating back to the mezozoic
What oil needs to form is decomposition in an low oxygen environment while surrounded by non-permeable rock (normally salt)
An algae bloom in a shallow sea or salt water lake could fill those conditions.