One of the things we all need to do is spend our inherited capital wisely, not blow it on trivial consumption.

Alas we humans have been squandering like billy-oh the inherited richness of global oil and gas reserves created millions of years ago by decaying forests.

It turns out that once upon a time the Arctic was covered in lush jungle in quantities sufficient to lay down a mere 90 billion barrels of oil.

So surely we need to start planning to replace it as we begin to use it?

Alas the Arctic is covered in all that useless ice, which usually stops jungle from growing properly.

Maybe the answer lies in the planet getter rather warmer so that vegetation can grow there profusely once again, as it should?

Or am I missing something?

Update:  I discover that there is a lively controversy going on out there about the claim that oil derives from long-squished vegetation. Some scientists (not least a good bloc of Russian opinion) say that that is tosh, and that oil occurs from natural geological processes.

Time to tip-toe away from this one.