Claim: Fossil fuels do not come from the "transformed remains of long dead organisms" and "fossil fuels" is a term coined by John D Rockefeller
Fact-check: Facebook posts falsely claim US oil magnate coined term 'fossil fuels' to introduce 'idea of scarcity', boosting oil prices
Verdict: false
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Taylor Thompson-Fuller
Date published: 2020-11-23T06:00:00