Ive always wondered this
Does the earth somehow reproduce oil, like the human body does with blood?
If not, then one might be able to say, this oil we've always tapped into, when depleted could have a negative effect on the world, wouldnt it?
Like draining all the juice from a fruit, or the blood from the human body.
could part of the global warming dilemna be symptoms that we are bleeding mother earth dry?
Please correct me if Im wrong,m as I was always distrurbed by the thought of this happening
2007-07-21
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writersbIock2006
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➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The Earth does not manufacture oil, exactly. Though there is some debate about the exact process that creates petroleum, the general consensus is that organic matter turns into petroleum when three factors are present
1. heat
2. pressure
3. time
You've got all three deep underground. Don't mistake the Earth for a living thing. It's covered in living things, but it not alive itself.
2007-07-21 09:28:47
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answered by lithiumdeuteride 7
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A lot of people think about the earth as a living organism. As far as we know, the earth doesn't function like living things do. The earth doesn't really make oil; but animals do make blood. When plants die they are buried; then a lot of pressure and heat cause the dead plants to change. Eventually, under the right circumstances, these become oil. This oil doesn't interact with the surrounding earth, it just sits in pockets. When we empty those pockets, this doesn't cause the earth to suffer.
On the other hand, global warming involves air systems and water systems. "Mother Earth" again reacts to changes, for instance ice caps are melting. But we aren't causing pain to the inanimate parts of the planet. People, plants and animals on the planet can suffer. I think you can stop worrying about whether our planet is suffering or bleeding dry.
2007-07-21 10:06:40
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answered by Debbie C 3
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i attempted, yet i do no longer think of it particularly is conceivable... Blood in people keeps us shifting; we are in a position to no longer stay without blood. Blood is produced from dwelling cells, besides. i in my view do no longer think of that the oil does that for the planet, yet right here is something you probably did no longer think of of. people - Blood = loss of life Earth - Oil = loss of life that's what finally might ensue because of the fact it would get burned, and international warming might proceed to strengthen, and then the pandas and penguins pass extinct, all of us die in a huge flood and then there's a sparkling ice age. properly, ok it particularly is a sprint a strategies-fetched yet you get the belief. wish this helps.
2016-10-09 05:11:19
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answered by ? 4
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Although the Earth is not a living organism, the oil inside it has a purpose and im sure is not to run our automobiles.. Just like a human body goes through a shock and risk of death when it looses blood, I believe we soon are going to see affects from the great amounts of oil that s being pump out from the earth....if you believe in the bible it states in Mathew 24:7 that in the last days before god and jesus remove all evil from the earth that there would be earthquakes from one place to another and Luke 21:11 mentions the same thing. in my opinion I believe that these earthquakes are going to be produced do to the fact of oil being removed from the earth.
2017-01-24 20:19:05
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answered by ? 1
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the Earth's is just a reservor the soil absorbed all the dead living things and due to time processed of millions of years decays into a fossil oil dark mixture of the ingredients of earths natural resources came from living things
2007-07-21 09:44:00
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answered by Anonymous
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Oil and coal are produced when plants and animals are buried and are subjected to high temperature and pressure. The oil and coal we are mining are from plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
Unlike blood cells which are regenerated at the same rate as they die (for healthy individuals), the rate at which oil and coal are regenerated is negligible compared to what we consume. So, like Social Security and Medicare, our current consumption isn't being matched by current production.
2007-07-21 09:29:21
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answered by astatine 5
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Not to the extent. Oil comes from decaying organic life. It takes a long time to happen.
2007-07-21 11:29:00
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answered by GOPneedsarealconservative 4
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It's an interesting analogy, but, as with most analogies, it can only be taken so far - and certainly should not be taken literally.
2007-07-21 10:25:04
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answered by asgspifs 7
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