The "oil from dinosaurs" is just a symbolic way of saying it comes from ancient life. No scientist would ever state that, since the biomass of every dinosaur that ever existed could not supply a minute fraction of the carbon required for even one major oil reservoir.
But oil doesn't come from any life, ancient or modern. The lists of elements contained in each is different, and there's no way to explain the difference except that the whole idea is false. Oil came from an entirely different process.
Incorrect question, as crude oil contains elements that aren't in hydrocarbons. There is much more than carbon and hydrogen in crude oil. There is a long list of elements found in oil, and some of them don't occur in animals or plants. Also, there are elements found in animals and plants that don't occur in oil.
Go research the composition of crude oil compared to plants and animals for yourself. That's the only way you'll believe it, apparently.
Fluids, including hyrocarbons, in rock, assimilate various elements from the rocks they pass through and/or reside in. Does spring water contain elements that aren't in animals? (I don't know) Do animals contain elements not found in spring water? (again, I don't know) But the point I am making is that trace elements are not what hydrocarbons are made of.
The "oil from dinosaurs" is just a symbolic way of saying it comes from ancient life. No scientist would ever state that, since the biomass of every dinosaur that ever existed could not supply a minute fraction of the carbon required for even one major oil reservoir.
But oil doesn't come from any life, ancient or modern. The lists of elements contained in each is different, and there's no way to explain the difference except that the whole idea is false. Oil came from an entirely different process.
petroleum and other hydrocarbons are composed of Carbon and Hydrogen, in varying lengths of chains. What of those elements are not found in life?
Incorrect question, as crude oil contains elements that aren't in hydrocarbons. There is much more than carbon and hydrogen in crude oil. There is a long list of elements found in oil, and some of them don't occur in animals or plants. Also, there are elements found in animals and plants that don't occur in oil.
Go research the composition of crude oil compared to plants and animals for yourself. That's the only way you'll believe it, apparently.
Fluids, including hyrocarbons, in rock, assimilate various elements from the rocks they pass through and/or reside in. Does spring water contain elements that aren't in animals? (I don't know) Do animals contain elements not found in spring water? (again, I don't know) But the point I am making is that trace elements are not what hydrocarbons are made of.