is it true??? oil wells will cause this???

Question

the solid oil is turned into toxic gas, where there was once oil lubricating the plates there is nothing to prevent earthquakes, volcanos and sunamis caused by a drop in the earths crust...try draining the oil out of your car and see how far you get

Answer 1

Whoever has tried to spin you this anti-oil-industry story is playing on your ignorance.

Oil in an oil reservoir is like water in the pores of a brick. The brick will still hold up the wall whether it is wet or dry. The sandstone or limestone in the reservoir will still hold up the crust above it, whether its pore spaces are full of oil or full of gas.

The regions where the crustal plates slide against each other are geologically bad areas to even look for oil, never mind drill for it.

The plates do not slide over the mantle, they move with it, so no lubrication is required. Anyway, at that depth, there is no liquid oil because of the pressure and temperature.

Answer 2

total bull, Oil is is derived from decomposing marine orginisms subjected to extreme pressure over a long period of time, Tectonic plate movement that causes earthquakes, volcanoes etc.., outdates marine orginisms. Also oil is not only used to power cars but in many othe applications such as making the plastic in the keyboard I am typing this on. So when you consider not drilling for oil you would have to consider doing without many of the products we use each day other that the auto. Also systhetics are much more expensive to produce at this time. So though the products you cant do with out could possibly be produced using synthetic oil it would cost much much more.

Answer 3

That's some kind of geological urban legend. Oil doesn't lubricate tectonic plates like it lubricates an engine. Engines are machines that rub against each other.

The oil deposits are just big blobs of oil sitting underground. It's not like the plates are spread with oil so they rub against each other smoothly.

Nice try, but that's no reason not to drill for oil. Why not...environmental damage? Oil spills? Dependence on a limited resource?

If you bring up this crackpot theory in an argument, you're gonna get laughed out the building. Get the facts straight if you want to make a point. There are plenty of valid reasons not to drill for oil, but this one isn't one of them.

Answer 4

i have heard something about this. as the story goes, when the oil is taken out it leaves a big void and with nothing in there to support it, the earth could be unstable there. but also i heard, at least for offshore drilling, seawater is pumped in as oil is pumped out so there is no empty place left.

Answer 5

100% true oil is there to lubricate the earth. not to power cars