Friday, December 18, 2009

Oil is a fossil fuel. How come the areas where there are fossil fuels there is very little plant life now?

It just seems ironic that everywhere that I know there is oil that there is a desolate area above. Even in the ocean which is really desolate too.Oil is a fossil fuel. How come the areas where there are fossil fuels there is very little plant life now?
It is a good question with a complex answer. The earths surface has been in a state of constant change since the days of creation. Most of the oil deposits are from plants that were growing on the earth millions of years ago. They are now transformed through pressure and heat into the black crude that we call oil. Believe me, those areas where the oil is situated were once lush, green garden paradises. What ever caused the the earth's surface to drop and bury that vegetation was a cataclysmic event. This brief sketch barely touches the surface of the question you asked. I hope you will continue with what you have just learned and consider the ramifications concerning the need for alternatives to fossil fuels.Oil is a fossil fuel. How come the areas where there are fossil fuels there is very little plant life now?
Venezuela and Pennsylvania are counterexamples


to your theory, sorry.
maybe because the stuffs made from dead things?
I don't think your assumption is correct. Some of the greatest petroleum reserves are under extensively agriable terrain such as the North Slope Tundra areas; the SouthAmerican jungle areas; The great Smokie Mountains; The Michigan Penninsulas; Under the Continental shelf i.e. the ocean; etc.


Its just easier to find and recover from the barren areas because there is not so much in the way of getting to it along with the single most important complication that many people live in the non-barren areas.

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