Based on the fact that a gallon of liquid weighs 8lbs, and we are extracting millions of barrels of oil from the earth everyday that must weigh thousands of gallons, so it can be suggested that the earths rotation will eventually be affected by it's removal.
2007-02-02 05:17:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
This may also seem insignificant but in order to balance a 60lb car tire you must use a 1/2 oz weight to balance it, something to think about.
2007-02-02 05:46:26 · update #1
no, the earths core is essentially melted iron. It's really mind numbing how much the earth actually weighs. The oil is a perverbial drop in the bucket.
2007-02-02 05:26:57 · answer #1 · answered by dark matter 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nahhhh, it seems like a lot but is really just a drop in the bucket compared to the total volume of the Earth's crust (all oil is produced from the within the crust). But hey, if it turns out you're right and the Earth's rotation does change significantly I guess we'll have a lot more to worry about than global warming huh?
2007-02-02 05:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by GatorGal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine the Earth reduced to the size of a basketball. Now take a pin and nick the surface of the ball. You have removed, to scale, more material from the basketball than every mine and oilwell that has ever existed has removed from the earth's crust. The planet is huge compared with our pinpricks.
2007-02-02 12:48:27 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could suggest it..but it would not be accurate...kind of like taking a teaspoon out of a bucket of water....that little bit will do very little to affect the water level or weight of the bucket...couple that with the fact that the fuel is not being removed from the earth as a whole....just redistributed on the surface....it would be VERY unlikely to affect the rotation of the earth
2007-02-02 05:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by kerfitz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In comparison to the core, it is not much weight at all, and that liquid is distruted to another layer so to speak, then their is the pull from the sun, and the slight swing of the moon.
2007-02-02 05:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by Bobby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you would think there would be an affect on something.
but they do pump water into the void space to take the place of the oil.
2007-02-02 05:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋