Question for the scienctists..

[NJjuice22]

Ok ..so the millions of barrels of Oil we use every year comes out of the earth. I always wondered what was the purpose of oil inside the earth. I mean it has to be there for a reason right?


if i remember anything from science its a natural bi-product of something but it has to have some kinda purpose other than fueling your hummer.

 

[Mr. dB]

Oil and gas in the earth are there to fuel Satan's Fires of Hell. If we use up all the oil and gas reserves, then there'll be none left for The Devil to torment us with in the afterlife.

 

[dullboy]

if i were you, i'd ask for a refund on my school tuition.

 

[redguru]

The oil in the earth keeps the crust floating on top of the mantle. If we use up all the oil in the earth's crust, it will sink into the molten rock of the mantle killing us all.

 

[redguru]

The oil companies have been trying to keep this secret for years. By raising the gasoline prices they hope to reduce consumption, postponing the inevitable doom of the surface of the earth.

 

[Cynical Simian]

I mean it has to be there for a reason right?

Obviously. Every legitimate scientist knows that's how the world works.

 

[big4life]

Here is a different theory about the formation of oil that you might not know about.

http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/1130.html

 

[NJjuice22]

The oil in the earth keeps the crust floating on top of the mantle. If we use up all the oil in the earth's crust, it will sink into the molten rock of the mantle killing us all.

doesnt the earth float on top of liquid hot Magggmaa

 

[Mr. dB]

The oil in the earth keeps the crust floating on top of the mantle. If we use up all the oil in the earth's crust, it will sink into the molten rock of the mantle killing us all.

Exactly. It lubricates the bearings of continental drift.

 

[NJjuice22]

Exactly. It lubricates the bearings of continental drift.

Mr DB...you still look like a less tough Tank Abbot with hair?

 

[mrplunkey]

Oil is the result of millions of years of compressed vegitation and animal matter. Picture a swamp... now let a few millions years of shit rot in the swamp and let layer after layer of earth keep pressing on it. Eventually, once you press it hard and long enough you get coal or oil.

 

[Mr. dB]

Mr DB...you still look like a less tough Tank Abbot with hair?

Still? I don't think I ever did.

 

[javaguru]

Oil is a hydrocarbon and the hydrocarbons are "cracked" to create usable fuels.

"Most geologists view crude oil, like coal and natural gas, as the product of compression and heating of ancient vegetation over geological time scales. According to this theory, it is formed from the decayed remains of prehistoric marine animals and terrestrial plants. Over many centuries this organic matter, mixed with mud, is buried under thick sedimentary layers of material. The resulting high levels of heat and pressure cause the remains to metamorphose, first into a waxy material known as kerogen, and then into liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in a process known as catagenesis. These then migrate through adjacent rock layers until they become trapped underground in porous rocks called reservoirs, forming an oil field, from which the liquid can be extracted by drilling and pumping. 150 m is generally considered the "oil window". Though this corresponds to different depths for different locations around the world, a 'typical' depth for an oil window might be 4 - 5 km. Three conditions must be present for oil reservoirs to form: a rich source rock, a migration conduit, and a trap (seal) that forms the reservoir.

The reactions that produce oil and natural gas are often modeled as first order breakdown reactions, where kerogen breaks down to oil and natural gas by a large set of parallel reactions, and oil eventually breaks down to natural gas by another set of reactions."

 

[javaguru]

Oil and gas in the earth are there to fuel Satan's Fires of Hell. If we use up all the oil and gas reserves, then there'll be none left for The Devil to torment us with in the afterlife.

If you're an evangelical Christian you can't believe the science, oil is the result of decaying organic matter, because it would pre-date the Bible. Therefore, your explanation is perfectly acceptable to the evangelicals.

 

[NJjuice22]

discovery channel = satan tv.

 

[harmonica]

Oil is just styrofoam in its crude form...we're sitting above millions of mcdonalds coffee cups is all

 

[Mr. dB]

If you're an evangelical Christian you can't believe the science, oil is the result of decaying organic matter, because it would pre-date the Bible. Therefore, your explanation is perfectly acceptable to the evangelicals.

Dinosaurs lived in The Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, and The Grand Canyon was created by a flood in an instant.

 

[saint808]

The earth is round? Fucking liars.

 

[Mr. dB]

He's a witch! Burn him! Burn him!

 

[samoth]

 

[javaguru]

He's a witch! Burn him! Burn him!

"He turned me into a newt!"
"I got better."

 

[plifter]

Actually, removing crude oil from the ground does not do any harm to the environment that I'm aware of. The removal of coal can cause problems if people later try to build on top of an area that was previously mined. This has caused real problems for home owners who built their homes over old mines from the 19th century. They didn't always keep good records of areas that were mined back then. If you put too much of a load on top of an area that has been mined, you can end up with a house falling into a sink hole. Liquid and gas hydrocarbons don't support the overlying rock strata to the extent that coal does, so removing the gas and liquid doesn't really hurt anything. However, BURNING the oil is a different game altogether.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

Oil and gas in the earth are there to fuel Satan's Fires of Hell. If we use up all the oil and gas reserves, then there'll be none left for The Devil to torment us with in the afterlife.

So we haven't been truly raping and pilaging the earth - we were just trying to off Satan all along..... BRILLIANT!!!!!

chalk one up for the humans

 

[Chambewy20]

Oil exists so Exxon can give their CEO a $98 million dollar bonus with the rest of us roaches can bitch about the price of gas, did you see that shit?

Is anyone worth that much?

 

[digimon7068]

Oil is just old, rotted, compressed dead shit. No significant purpose.

Unless. . .when you build a bad ass V-8 engine with a big lumpy cam, high dome pistons, etc. the additional compression and the more violent combustion tends to amplify an balance issues that the engine has, resulting in additional vibration and increased wear (not to mention limited performance capabilities). One way to combat this situation is to add a harmonic balancer to the end of the spinning crankshaft. A harmonic balancer is just a round, fluid filled disk and the action of the fluid is to dampen vibration.

Maybe, when we remove all of the oil, the earth will end up out of balance and shit will start falling off.

Ummm, OK, I'm just bored, you asked.

 

[javaguru]

Oil exists so Exxon can give their CEO a $98 million dollar bonus with the rest of us roaches can bitch about the price of gas, did you see that shit?

Is anyone worth that much?

Record profits for oil companies but they keep blaming the price on increased cost of production due to various mixtures the federal government requires. Anyone see a problem with this excuse?