2007-02-23 10:00:00 · 6 answers · asked by The Wonderer 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Dinosaurs=0 (all extinct)
Squirrels=1,000.000.000 (or more)
Do the math!!
2007-02-23 10:03:21 · update #1
It is pretty common to think that fossil fuels means that 'they' are making fuel from fossils (dinosoars). What really happens is that tons and tons of plant material sits undergrand for millions of years and the pressure and heat of the earth makes the material into petroleum.
Generally, the fuel is not considered 'renewable' because it can't be made (from squirrels or plants) on anything like a useful human time scale.
2007-02-23 10:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by Cindy B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, it's mostly from dead plants like Yupchagee said. Secondly, it would probably not be cost-effective to subject a zillion dead squirrels to the heat and pressure necessary to turn them into oil. The only reason oil is cost-effective(ish) for us to burn is that the earth did all the work of squishing the plants into oil over millions of years before we figured out how to use it.
2007-02-23 10:11:37 · answer #2 · answered by Char 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They? Who are these people? Where do they get dinosaurs?
How would "they" convert squirrels in to crude oil?
Pondering the Process of Oil Formation
Article #1335http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF13/1335.html
How Oil Forms http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/fuels/oil.html
2007-02-23 10:21:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha they can. Kill a squirrel , bury it and check back in 50 million years
2007-02-23 10:21:12 · answer #4 · answered by phyteacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's mostly from dead plants. It certainly can be made from today's plants. How many millions of years are you willing to wait?
2007-02-23 10:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you can find fossilized squirrels in the deep earth, then no problem....
2007-02-23 10:22:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋