because energy can be recycled, can a barrel of oil be used as a fuel more than once.?

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because energy can be recycled, can a barrel of oil be used as a fuel more than once.?

2007-03-05 12:09:31 · 3 answers · asked by babyface 1 in Environment

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Oil is burned to be used as fuel, so that can't be recycled.

If you're thinking about the way energy changes in form, burning oil can run a machine that moves and breaks rocks. So the energy was in the molecules of the oil, and then in the motion and heat of the machine ...

2007-03-05 12:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You might think so based only on conservation of energy, but entropy says you can't. Entropy is a more advanced topic. See the source.

2007-03-05 22:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

NOOO WAY!!!!!!!! IM LEARNING THIS IN SCIENCE SO YEAH YOU CANT SORRY

2007-03-05 20:17:42 · answer #3 · answered by Mook! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋