if oil was spilled in the tundra where would it go?
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Quietly into one of Bush's friend's hip pocket.
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The source is Lake Ontario.\nThe destination is the Atlantic Ocean.
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When you arrive to Alaska just go 100m north,after that go 3km west.There you'll see a polar bear without an ear.If he is standing you should go 906.7m east,but if he is not-it's a sign that the gold has been moved to another location...Ok,I'm tired of typing.\n\nReally,what gold?!And if there E V E N  exsist gold and if we even know where it is,don't you think that we'll probably go after it by ourselves?!
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Right now, none of it is exported. \n\nWhen the pipeline was constructed, there was a law that all the oil had to stay in the U.S.  In 1995, that law was rescinded, and through the late 90's, about 7%of the pipeline's output went to China and Japan.  That stopped in about 2000, and I don't think any Alaskan oil has been exported since.
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They are planning for a time when the oil runs out.
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While the oil is actually being removed from the earth it isn't filled up. But after the well is abandoned it is usually filled in with cement. Most states have regulations requiring plugging of wells as they are taken out of service.\n\nIf you want more information on how the oil drilling process works (or anything else for that matter) check out the site below. It's really cool.
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Oil is non-renewable.  So it will run out but NOBODY knows when.
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Do we want to be self sufficient in oil or close to it?\nI do! The area of the drilling in Alaska is not going to hurt the earth nearly as much as I cars do. The oil pipes have proved that more animals are near them not less.\nProbably the heat from them. No animal has become extinct from the drilling. If we are concerned about the effect of oil drilling, we will bring out the horses. I love to ride horses but not in rain & they are a little slow for me. Crack up the drills.
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The arctic wildlife preserve is over 19.2 million acres. It is basiacally a roadless, uninhabited region. A 1.5 million acre tract has been studied by the U.S geologic survey for it's potential of oil production, not the entire refuge. This area near the coastal plain contains oil deposits which would help cut our dependency on foreign imports while adding jobs to the area and opening more of this almost inaccesable land to all who would visit.  The actual drilling platform and it's associated pipeline can be built and run with very little effect on wildlife habitat.
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what about it? after millions of years it becomes oil...
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Crude oil is composed of a mix of molecules composed of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms in many different forms. These can range from simple compounds like methane (CH4) or ethane (C2H6) to long complicated molecules such as paraffins like C8H18, also known as octane that is used to rate motor fuels. \n\nThe initial source of the crude oil is the accumulation of the dead bodies of phytoplankton and zooplankton which are microscopic plants and animals that live in the sea and fresh water lakes. Adding to this organic matter that accumulates on the sea floor is the material that is carried into the ocean by rivers, such as pollen, spores, and plant material. To be preserved, all of this organic matter must fall into a zone of the water that is low in oxygen, otherwise it will decay rather than be preserved. Mud and silt coming from rivers will often bury this material before it can be consumed by living organisms. Near the mouths of rivers there are often rapid rates of deposition of mud and silt that will bury organic material, and over time it may be buried by several miles of sediment. For example, the Mississippi River Delta, which is a prolific oil producing area, has deposited sediments several miles thick over the last 66 million years. \n\nAs these deposits of organic matter are buried deeper and deeper they begin to warm from the heat of the earth's interior. When they reach a temperature of about 140 degrees F, they begin to undergo "catagenesis" which is a molecular change that makes oil. If they reach a temperature of about 250 degree F, they will begin to form more natural gas than oil. If they get too hot it is possible to change them to graphite, and no oil or gas will be produced. \n\nIn other types of depositional environments the plants and animals that become oil also form the rock. Carbonate mudstone (which is simply a type of limestone) of the Hanifa Formation in the Middle East formed much of the oil in Saudi Arabia. These carbonate mudstones  are composed of huge accumulations of lime muds made from the breakdown of marine algaes and other organisms. These deposits of the remains of marine organisms also must undergo burial and and heating by the deep earth to generate oil and gas. \n\nSo when you burn oil, you are really burning solar energy that was stored by plants and animals thousands or millions of years ago and buried in the earth. \n\nEvery time I answer this question someone comes along and points out that there may be oil that is not from living organisms. Thomas Gold, a respected physicist at Cornell proposed that oil may be abiotic; that is just another type of deposit of the earth. This may in fact be possible, but if it is, it is likely to be a very minor source of the oil on Earth. The reasons are complicated, but the fact that the rocks where Gold predicted this abiotic oil should be found do not contain oil is pretty conclusive proof that this type of oil is not significant, if it exists at all. \n\nHere is my previous answer to this question:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AqkzP9amgCudYabOz20w2YIjzKIX?qid=1006022109950
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Yes, i realize that, since the US has sooo much oil in their reserves, seriously, they do.  Also, Alaska has an unfathomable amount of oil, the fair tax thing should be implemented though
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The previous answer is way off.  Oil is not considered a renewable resource.  As oil is removed it is either replaced by water if the water can sink to that depth or it is replaced by air or fall in.\nIn some cases water is pumped in to get the last of the oil out.
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SUNCOR, HUSKY, CANADIAN NATIONAL RESOURCES, TYPE IN OILSANDS THERE IS ALOT OF COMPANIES IN NORTHERN ALBERTA
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That's a very complicated question. It costs about $5 to remove a barrel of oil from the ground in many parts of the Middle East, though not all. And that doesn't include the cost of keeping the region stable, which (as you may have noticed) is rather significant these days. In Canada you can get oil from the oil sands for around $15-25/barrel, which does include the cost of equipment.\n\nTidal power (your turbines) are cool, but expensive - in the range of 70-80/barrel. \n\nThere's much more data. If you want a scary article, try the second source below. If you want an optimistic view, try the third source.
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Oil followed by coal.
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One consequence would be wherever the earth stopped the side with the sun on it would fry and the side without the sun would freeze.  Gravity would be disoriented so the tide wouldn't go in and out as usual.  The list goes on...