How a Biblical Flood Shaped Our Energy Resources

n the time of the flood the people, and beasts also, gathered to
the highest points of land, and as the waters returned from off the
earth, dead bodies were left upon high mountains and upon the hills,
as well as upon the plains. Upon the surface of the earth were the
bodies of men and beasts. But God would not have these to remain
upon the face of the earth to decompose and pollute the atmosphere,
therefore he made of the earth a vast burying ground. He caused a
powerful wind to pass over the earth for the purpose of drying up
the waters, which moved them with great force—in some instances
carrying away the tops of the mountains like mighty avalanches,
forming huge hills and high mountains where there were none to
be seen before, and burying the dead bodies with trees, stones, and
earth.
Before the flood there were immense forests. The trees were
[many times larger than any trees which we now see. They were of
great durability. They would know nothing of decay for hundreds of
years. At the time of the flood, these forests were torn up or broken
down and buried in the earth. In some places large quantities of these
immense trees were thrown together and covered with stones and
earth by the commotions of the flood. They have since petrified and
become coal, which accounts for the large coal beds which are now
found. This coal has produced oil. (Spirit of Prophecy Vol.1 p 62-63)