Where does oil come from? What is the basic material that makes up this vital substance?

Oil comes from organic sediments in the Middle East. The basic material that makes up this vital substance is carbon. What role does carbon play in the creation of crude oil? What is unique about this essential element? Crude is a hydrocarbon, so carbon is a main constituent, needed in creating organic compounds How does phytoplankton and bacteria in nutrient-rich water contribute to the formation of oil beneath the ocean floor? Explain. When the phytoplankton and bacteria die, the portion of their organic matter that settles onto the seafloor remain undisturbed for eons, eventually being subducted into the Earth's mantle, where high pressure and temperatures convert the biomass into oil. How does the energy in carbon-rich shale transfer into crude? Where does this process take place? Convert carbon rich shale into a crude oil product you must heat the oil shale until it vaporizes and then the condensation when cooled is shale oil. At this stage the oil is separated from the gas, fracking distillation. Why is oil as incredibly valuable as an energy source? What is exceptional about its energy density? It is easy to transport, easy convertibility, high calorific value for its unit mass. How much oil does the average American use each day? How is this consumption broken down? What is the largest oil field on earth? Where is it located? How did the discovery of the Gwar Reservoir affects the global demand for oil? 2.58 gallons per day, plus or minus 0.13 gallons per day, measured by the U.S. Census' Resident Population Estimate for each month from January 1982 through March 2008, Ghawar Field in Saudi Arabia, Ghawar has produced more than 55,000 million barrels of oil and still has a ton left and this makes companies and countries want this land of oil more and more. When did the U.S. oil supply peak? When is the global oil supply predicted to peak? What does this mean for the cost of oil? U.S. oil supply peaked between 1950- 2000, global oil supply is predicted to peak about around or after 2025, the cost of oil will rise higher and higher making more difficult for us as humans to do the things we do unless we find a safer cleaner energy source

What do fossilized ginkgo plants tell us about the carbon dioxide levels of the Jurassic period? That the CO2 levels were way higher than they are today, and the Triassic and Jurassic time periods had very high CO2 levels What did this super-greenhouse world look like? Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used primarily in refrigeration air conditioners and foams What are the global repercussions of our oil use? What does this mean for our climate in the future? What are the signs that this climate change has already begun? Everybody wants crude oil. The climate is going to get hotter and hotter and the ice caps are going to melt more and fall into the ocean one after another, which will cause more fresh water to be put in the ocean. A sign are that our artic ice caps are breaking and falling into the ocean.