Oil is that natural resource which has made the world crazy about its occupation and that too when the experts say that there is not much oil left in the core of the earth. There some very sad realities attached with oil. There have been killed millions of people to get the oil occupation and similarly, there have been many financial scams in the oil industry. Currently, the biggest oil reservoir is found in iran. Oil is the “liquid” dead bodies of the organic living beings i.e. the organic matter was buried in the earth and after millions of years it got decomposed and turned into the form of oil.
1. Non renewable
Oil is the non renewable energy source which means once consumed it’s gone. It is also called fossil fuel.
2. The age
Oil is very old. 300 million years ago, oil was in its initial stage of formation and it took it millions of years to chemically make thick carbon bonds.
3. Use
If you think that its only 100 years old story of oil use then you need to read the history because the known 5000 old civilizations also used crude oil.
4. Rocks
Oil cannot be found anywhere is the world but the areas rich for oil are those which contain rocks. The porous rocks contain oil in them.
5. Uses
Oil is not only used to fuel cars, but also to run the machines, to make cloths, to make pens and many other products and chemicals.
6. Greenhouse gases
Oil and all the other natural fuels emit dangerous greenhouse gases that are contributing in warming up the temperature of earth.
7. Biggest producers
The biggest producers of oil are two nations, Saudi Arabia followed by Russia while the biggest reservoir is in Iran.
8. Alternatives
The alternatives are needed because experts say that oil will not last for long since its resources are shrinking day by day.
9. Treasure
Oil is the treasure for the world and this treasure has invited many unjust and inhuman wars that killed millions of people for no reason but to occupy oil. It will be better if this resource shrinks to its end.
10. Pollution
The major contributor to the world’s pollution and ecological disturbance is the oil and its derivatives because the oil tankers in sea if leak down destroy the marine life of that area and the dangerous gases are poisoning the air.