Oops! We may not be running out of oil after all!

LiveScience's Robert Roy Britt describes the discovery of an exceedingly important fungus ("Oil Creation Theory Challenged by Fuel-Making Fungus").

A newfound fungus living in rainforest trees makes biofuel more efficiently than any other known method, researchers say.

In fact, it's so good at turning plant matter into fuel that researchers say their discovery calls into question the whole theory of how crude oil was made by nature in the first place.

..."The accepted theory is that crude oil, which is used to make diesel, is formed from the remains of dead plants and animals that have been exposed to heat and pressure for millions of years," Strobel said. "If fungi like this are producing myco-diesel all over the rainforest, they may have contributed to the formation of fossil fuels."

So oil may not, in fact, be running out. And carbon dioxide (which we exhale and plants inhale) is not, in fact, a pollutant. Perhaps someone could alert our beloved Democratic leaders.