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Is Oil a Fossil Fuel?

Huntclan 2012/03/27 03:32:19
Yes, I refuse to listen to reason. Big Oil is my God...
2 votes
13%
No silly, the scarcity of Oil is man made just like the scarcity of Diamonds...
6 votes
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Undecided
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47%
While America is busy trying to wean herself off Oil and other "Fossil Fuels," nobody has asked the most basic question: Is Oil a Fossil Fuel? The knee-jerk response would be something along the lines like: What does it matter what it's classification is?

The implication of a "Fossil Fuel" is that of scarcity and therefore value. Next to water, Oil is the most plentiful liquid on the planet. Simply by classifying Oil as a Fossil Fuel, we have made it precious and through regulation we made it a scarce.

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Is Oil a Fossil Fuel?



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  • Theresa 2012/03/27 08:14:39 (edited)
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    Theresa
    +5
    Oil is a chemical process which is constantly created in a layer betwee the crust and the mantle deep in the earth. It is not a fossil fuel. If it was like Coal or other natural decomposing plant material we would have gone through it a long time ago. But since it is a renewable source we seem to find fields upon fields of new oil.

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  • Sheepdog 2012/03/28 05:50:02 (edited)
    No silly, the scarcity of Oil is man made just like the scarcity of Diamonds...
    Sheepdog
    +1
    Didn't we learn anything when BP drilled too deep in the Gulf?
    It's a product of the inner earth, dinosaurs bones were found stuck in ancient tar pits.

    stuck in tar pits
  • Huntclan Sheepdog 2012/04/04 23:29:51
    Huntclan
    +1
    By the looks of some of the answers on here, we didn't learn anything:(
  • Sheepdog Huntclan 2012/04/05 01:31:21
    Sheepdog
    +1
    Must be a problem of a short attention spans programmed in society.
  • WannaBeRSC the Contrarian SOB 2012/03/27 23:52:06
    No silly, the scarcity of Oil is man made just like the scarcity of Diamonds...
    WannaBeRSC the Contrarian SOB
    +1
    Nope. Not by a long shot.
  • gregaj7 2012/03/27 23:34:33
    Undecided
    gregaj7
    +2
    Much of the oil is a-biotic.
  • Huntclan gregaj7 2012/04/04 23:30:28
    Huntclan
    +1
    What is the rest?
  • gregaj7 Huntclan 2012/04/05 00:44:41
    gregaj7
    +1
    I haven't studied that to this point. I've read about the a-biotic from sources that struck me as credible.
  • Beccy 2012/03/27 22:58:58
    No silly, the scarcity of Oil is man made just like the scarcity of Diamonds...
    Beccy
    +1
    It appears that Rockefeller made a killing off us. But my question is why is it there and do we really wamt touse it all up or save some for our kids.
  • Huntclan Beccy 2012/04/04 23:32:14
    Huntclan
    +1
    I think the therory is if it is not a fossil fuel then it is a "renewable" resource. So, we probably couldn't use it up.
  • Beccy Huntclan 2012/10/13 18:55:06
    Beccy
    +1
    I have read alot about peak oil. I don't know
  • Kane Fernau 2012/03/27 15:48:53
    No silly, the scarcity of Oil is man made just like the scarcity of Diamonds...
    Kane Fernau
    +3
    Oil is a Renewable Resource by Russ McGlenn russmcglenn@juno.com
    Oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico are being refilled with oil coming up from below the current oil fields. Russia has drilled over 300 eight
    mile deep wells into the Earth’s granite crust. This has worked so well that they worked in Vietnam and found oil off its coast where
    everyone said there was no oil. Oil used to be found in sedimentary rock at 2-3 miles deep, but the Russians found a new source.
    What is happening? The Russians found that new oil was being made from hot molten rock called magma heating the basement rocks of
    the Earth’s crust. As the rocks are heated methane gas is distilled. This combines with carbonates and carbon 14 that occur naturally in
    rock, when these are mixed together, they form oil. It’s called Abiotc (non biological) because it does not come from vegetable matter.
    The original theory of how oil was formed is that swamps filled with vegetation, (biomass) were covered with mud (called sedimentary
    rock once it hardened) and decayed over millions of years into coal or crude oil. This is called the Biotic Theory.
    Oil is a renewable resource because it is being made today deep in the earth’s crust. We do not have an energy crisis we have a leadership
    crisis. One ...

    Oil is a Renewable Resource by Russ McGlenn russmcglenn@juno.com
    Oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico are being refilled with oil coming up from below the current oil fields. Russia has drilled over 300 eight
    mile deep wells into the Earth’s granite crust. This has worked so well that they worked in Vietnam and found oil off its coast where
    everyone said there was no oil. Oil used to be found in sedimentary rock at 2-3 miles deep, but the Russians found a new source.
    What is happening? The Russians found that new oil was being made from hot molten rock called magma heating the basement rocks of
    the Earth’s crust. As the rocks are heated methane gas is distilled. This combines with carbonates and carbon 14 that occur naturally in
    rock, when these are mixed together, they form oil. It’s called Abiotc (non biological) because it does not come from vegetable matter.
    The original theory of how oil was formed is that swamps filled with vegetation, (biomass) were covered with mud (called sedimentary
    rock once it hardened) and decayed over millions of years into coal or crude oil. This is called the Biotic Theory.
    Oil is a renewable resource because it is being made today deep in the earth’s crust. We do not have an energy crisis we have a leadership
    crisis. One group says we are running out of energy so we have to cut back all that we do and will not allow us to drill for the new oil.
    This new group says we have plenty of oil, let us drill for it and use it. Write or call you congressmen and tell them your views. They are
    already feeling the heat from voters, keep the pressure on
    (more)
  • Huntclan Kane Fe... 2012/04/04 23:35:44
    Huntclan
    Thanks for your reply. You put it in a way that was easy for me to understand.

    So, theoretically, oil can be found anywhere? They just have to dig deep enough?
  • Kane Fe... Huntclan 2012/04/05 16:51:21
    Kane Fernau
    +1
    I'm no geologist but the Russians have done just that.
  • FeedFwd Huntclan 2012/08/22 19:31:42
    FeedFwd
    +1
    It is one thing to find oil and another to produce it. Oil that is produced is trapped in the ground much like water is trapped in a sponge. It is usually co-located with water and it may contain proportionally more or less lighter hydrocarbons (like natural gas). The porosity of the reservoir and the pressure in the reservoir as well as the shape and depth of the reservoir and the impermeable boundaries determine how easy and costly it is to produce. The quantity in a given reservoir and the price it can be sold for determines whether it is economically justified to produce a reservoir.
  • Seonag 2012/03/27 13:45:21
    Undecided
    Seonag
    +1
    I'd have answered YES, but Big Oil is not my god. By the way, diamonds are not as scarce as the diamond cartel would have us believe --- the just control the majority of diamonds found, artificially inflating the price.
  • Pug For Huck 2012/03/27 12:11:15
    Undecided
    Pug For Huck
    +1
    However it's classified, it's a needed commodity.
  • VoteOut 2012/03/27 12:10:39 (edited)
    Undecided
    VoteOut
    +1
    its actually a solar energy by some accounts as hydrogen photons from the SUN sequester the co2 in the atmosphere driving it back into the earth as hydrocarbons its a cycle like breathing mother earth may have evolved man for the purpose to help her breathe
  • tea for... VoteOut 2012/03/27 14:17:59
    tea for you
    +1
    fossil fuel, SOLAR LOL what a dummy solar energy fosil fuel
  • VoteOut tea for... 2012/03/27 17:31:02
    VoteOut
    +1
    YES(LOL) look you justified what I said (its all solar energy) with your second picture, did you even read it? See what it says right on the top

    "The Sun is the Ultimate source of Energy"

    and the end of the picture says

    "Earth crushes the fossils and the converts the long stored SUNS eneegy into fossil fuels"

    Do you know solar is a term used to represent the Sun ?

    Are you aware that wind power is Solar energy ? hydo power is solar energy etc ,etc

    Like I said all energy comes from the sun so all energy is Solar energy.

    What you call "fossil fuel" real scientists call HydroCarbons (Hydrogen+Carbon) So like I said carbon from CO2 mixed (sequestered) with Hydrogen(Photons from the Sun do you know the Sun is made up mostly from Hydrogen) is pushed in to the earth to create oil, or solar fuel its a renwable cycle that does not require dinosaurs or fossils. CO2 is a part of the renewable energy cycle.

    Without producing co2 man would die as co2 production is a requirement of human life Do you know that breathing out is more important then breathing in? and a very important factor for human wellness and wellbeing many dis-eases are caused from not expelling co2 thus causing an acid ph in the body which again is the root of most dis-eases.

    No charge for the sicence lesson
  • tea for... VoteOut 2012/03/27 18:11:24
    tea for you
    +1
    so according to the dumbass society .Oil comes from the sun
  • VoteOut tea for... 2012/03/27 19:03:27
    VoteOut
    +1
    No its created from the the sun which makes if a solar energy with out the sun there would be no oil. never heard of oil called hydrocabons .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

    How do you think solar panels work?(do they come from the sun) Do you know to make solar panels and all of their accesories like the inverter you need REEs(rare earth elements) that need to be dug out of the ground and more environmentaly unfriendly then mining coal. In fact we dont produce any(hardly any) REEs in the US and China produce about 95% of the REEs that the US is subserviant to China to make and produce our "alternative energy" REEs all also require for most ALL electroinic like computers cell phones, those big screen tvs etc etc. This is an issue that the geenies refuse to address.

    Dont get me wrong I like and think alterantive energy should be develope and use but we need to be reasonable and cost effective , I have built my own portable solar panels units for back up enegy and remote locations and contiue to seek out this technology. But I am also a energy conservationists and dont like to waste energy and try and work it from that anlge also.
  • FeedFwd VoteOut 2012/08/22 19:39:42
    FeedFwd
    Not sure what the point is. Without the sun, there would be no life and no need for energy. Polysilicon, used for solar cells, is energy intensive to produce. So it is usually produced where there is cheap energy... hydro in the US, coal in China, and the final product is closest to being economical where there is not cheap energy available, but where there is plenty of sunshine.
  • FeedFwd VoteOut 2012/08/22 19:36:19
    FeedFwd
    +1
    It would be a stretch to cal hydro solar power. It is based on gravity... you know, potential converted to kinetic energy.To the extent that wind is created by heating and cooling, I could accept that it has a solar component, but for the most part, not hydro.
  • VoteOut FeedFwd 2012/08/22 22:39:11
    VoteOut
    what replaces that water in those hydroplants.
  • FeedFwd VoteOut 2012/08/23 19:46:45
    FeedFwd
    +1
    Melting snow? Still think it is a stretch to call hydro solar derived. The connection is pretty indirect and I thought I was being generous calling wind solar derived.
  • VoteOut FeedFwd 2012/08/23 19:59:26
    VoteOut
    melting snow??? and that just appears on the gound hmmm have to think about that
  • FeedFwd VoteOut 2012/08/24 13:46:34
    FeedFwd
    +1
    Well, I guess if we ever ate corn flakes, we are also solar powered! ;)
  • VoteOut FeedFwd 2012/08/24 13:51:24 (edited)
    VoteOut
    Clouds where rain and snow come from are caused by solar water evaporation and yes the end product humans are powered in essence by hydrogen (sun power) electrons we gains from food not to mention far infrared red radiation that comes from the sun that is part of the human power (consciousness and intellectual)system
  • FeedFwd VoteOut 2012/08/24 14:01:28
    FeedFwd
    +1
    So since everything is technically solar powered, this is a pointless discussion. You just drove it over the cliff. Was that your intent? Just being obtuse or was there some point to be made? I think you need to put away the dictionary and the science book and try to comprehend the vernacular. The discussion was comparing solar cells and possibly passive solar collectors as alternative forms of energy to fossil fuels.
  • VoteOut FeedFwd 2012/08/24 14:17:34
    VoteOut
    the point was that Oil is a solar energy (close to the most productive cost effective and efficient)

    so the discussion would be more the comparison of different solar energies as oil , passive solar collectors and solar cells . and solar cells do not match up

    but does it not also come down to convenience VS conservation

    so I am really not sure what your point is when you commented on my comment
  • Michael... VoteOut 2012/08/21 02:29:06
    Michael McFascist
    +1
    Lotta people can't see it as such...but that really is what it is when you get down to it
  • Theresa 2012/03/27 08:14:39 (edited)
    Undecided
    Theresa
    +5
    Oil is a chemical process which is constantly created in a layer betwee the crust and the mantle deep in the earth. It is not a fossil fuel. If it was like Coal or other natural decomposing plant material we would have gone through it a long time ago. But since it is a renewable source we seem to find fields upon fields of new oil.
  • tea for... Theresa 2012/03/27 14:19:51 (edited)
    tea for you
    +1
    It's from 160 million years ago , the whole planet was covered with vegetation and dinos . that is the source of FOSSIL OIL we have today
  • Theresa tea for... 2012/03/27 15:18:00
    Theresa
    +3
    So sorry that dog will not hunt! we have gone way past that point long ago. So think up a different thought.
  • tea for... Theresa 2012/03/27 15:47:10 (edited)
    tea for you
    +1
    heres a thought , dunce in a corner
  • Kane Fe... tea for... 2012/03/27 15:50:17
    Kane Fernau
    +1
    Oil is a Renewable Resource by Russ McGlenn russmcglenn@juno.com
    Oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico are being refilled with oil coming up from below the current oil fields. Russia has drilled over 300 eight
    mile deep wells into the Earth’s granite crust. This has worked so well that they worked in Vietnam and found oil off its coast where
    everyone said there was no oil. Oil used to be found in sedimentary rock at 2-3 miles deep, but the Russians found a new source.
    What is happening? The Russians found that new oil was being made from hot molten rock called magma heating the basement rocks of
    the Earth’s crust. As the rocks are heated methane gas is distilled. This combines with carbonates and carbon 14 that occur naturally in
    rock, when these are mixed together, they form oil. It’s called Abiotc (non biological) because it does not come from vegetable matter.
    The original theory of how oil was formed is that swamps filled with vegetation, (biomass) were covered with mud (called sedimentary
    rock once it hardened) and decayed over millions of years into coal or crude oil. This is called the Biotic Theory.
    Oil is a renewable resource because it is being made today deep in the earth’s crust. We do not have an energy crisis we have a leadership
    crisis. One group says...

    Oil is a Renewable Resource by Russ McGlenn russmcglenn@juno.com
    Oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico are being refilled with oil coming up from below the current oil fields. Russia has drilled over 300 eight
    mile deep wells into the Earth’s granite crust. This has worked so well that they worked in Vietnam and found oil off its coast where
    everyone said there was no oil. Oil used to be found in sedimentary rock at 2-3 miles deep, but the Russians found a new source.
    What is happening? The Russians found that new oil was being made from hot molten rock called magma heating the basement rocks of
    the Earth’s crust. As the rocks are heated methane gas is distilled. This combines with carbonates and carbon 14 that occur naturally in
    rock, when these are mixed together, they form oil. It’s called Abiotc (non biological) because it does not come from vegetable matter.
    The original theory of how oil was formed is that swamps filled with vegetation, (biomass) were covered with mud (called sedimentary
    rock once it hardened) and decayed over millions of years into coal or crude oil. This is called the Biotic Theory.
    Oil is a renewable resource because it is being made today deep in the earth’s crust. We do not have an energy crisis we have a leadership
    crisis. One group says we are running out of energy so we have to cut back all that we do and will not allow us to drill for the new oil.
    This new group says we have plenty of oil, let us drill for it and use it. Write or call you congressmen and tell them your views. They are
    already feeling the heat from voters, keep the pressure on
    (more)
  • tea for... Kane Fe... 2012/03/27 16:40:16
    tea for you
    +1
    please try and understand what a renewable resource is
  • Kane Fe... tea for... 2012/03/27 16:53:21
    Kane Fernau
    +1
    Think out of the box. The earth is constantly renewing the supply of oil. Libs call Republicans Flat Earthers while denying the obvious.
  • tea for... Kane Fe... 2012/03/27 18:12:22
    tea for you
    +1
    oil wells dry up pal , just how does that work in on that theory?
  • Kane Fe... tea for... 2012/03/28 16:27:04
    Kane Fernau
    Pal? Oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico are being refilled with oil coming up from below the current oil fields. Russia has drilled over 300 eight
    mile deep wells into the Earth’s granite crust. This has worked so well that they worked in Vietnam and found oil off its coast where
    everyone said there was no oil. Oil used to be found in sedimentary rock at 2-3 miles deep, but the Russians found a new source.
    What is happening? The Russians found that new oil was being made from hot molten rock called magma heating the basement rocks of
    the Earth’s crust. As the rocks are heated methane gas is distilled. This combines with carbonates and carbon 14 that occur naturally in
    rock, when these are mixed together, they form oil. It’s called Abiotc (non biological) because it does not come from vegetable matter.

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