Ok, what fills the empty spaces when the oil is pumped out of the earth, the tons and tons and tons of oil...?
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in northern alberta we pump back water that is used to treat the oil when we process it...also use the caverns to hold natural gas like giant storage tanks under the ground...we open valves and presto gas on tap
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its coal, oil , natural gas, and other kind of resources on Earth.
1100192
Oil! They are now drilling for it in the plains of Asher! It several miles deep. And may take a year to reach.   My question is will this relieve the pressure from the Saudi wells? If so all hell will break loose over there!
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The only correct answer is 'no one knows'.  You may be too young to remember the oil/gas crises of the 1970's.  At that time, virtually every expert said the world's oil supply would run out in 15 more years.  Well, the early 90's came and went, the world consumed a lot of oil, and today, the known world stores of oil are GREATER than they were then.  You can look these facts up in Forbes Magazine.\n\nBest wishes.
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I'm afraid no...  We will not be able to get oil from garbage dumps ever (besides what we leave in there as "garbage"), but as the bio matter degrades and decomposes, the garbage does create methane gas (natural gas like we use to heat homes and run power plants).  Oil actually comes from decayed oceanic plant matter mostly.  It dies, falls down to the bottom of the ocean, and in the right conditions, is preserved.  With time, the right temperatures and pressures, and with a proper reservoir, it becomes free oil.  One thing about garbage dumps though.  As steel, aluminum, and other metals become more scarce, I fully expect us to one day "mine" our garbage for resources we foolishly throw away today.
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As other people have pointed out, the oil is converted into combustion products (carbon dioxide, water, and assorted partial combustion products), all of which stick around in the atmosphere and therefore remain part of the Earth's mass. The energy comes from the binding energy of the hydrocarbon molecules. There is some mass associated with this energy, but it's minuscule.\n\nSecondly, even if the mass all that oil were destroyed, the change in Earth's overall mass would be insignificant.
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For commercial quantities you will need to find what is called a reservoir. It is a trap that keep oil 'traped'.\nYou need also to have a spongious rock which allows oil to remain in a same place.\netc....\n\nYou can look step by step at this location:\nhttp://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/energy_capture/capture.html
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Do you mean finite natural resources? If so, those are resourses found on earth, (oil)that are of limited supply. In other words we only have so much, and when it it gone, it is gone forever.
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Yes. Consider "oil supply" or "Oil reserves" if appropriate.\n\ncc
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42 gallons of crude oil in a barrel. It yields slightly more than 21-22 gallons of gasoline, based on 51.4% (the amount of finished gasoline created from one barrel of oil).\n\nGood question, BTW.
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It's because oil is less dense than water, so it floats.
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Yes, it is called the Hubbert Peak, named after a geologist named King Hubbert. He correctly predicted that US oil production would peak and decline beginning in 1970, and his prediction for "global peak" is before 2010.\n\n"Global peak" does not mean the oil runs out, it means that oil that is easily accessible runs out. From then on, the oil that does exist becomes more difficult to obtain, and therefore, more expensive. Oil prices are headed in one direction, so now is the time to buy Exxon stocks.\n\nHere's a good explanation of "Hubbert Peak" and articles about it:\nhttp://www.hubbertpeak.com/
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It will do neither.\n\nHell is not a "place" but, rather, a state.  A state that human spirits could possibly one day exist in.\n\nSince there is no physical matter.....or physical space involved.....there is no place to fill...and nothing to fill it with.
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On one theory, the space of the Universe (as well as its contents) is what's expanding. That theory says the total amount of space is finite, and that finite quantity just gets bigger every second.  What, you might then ask, is outside of space?  There's no outside!  It's like asking, "What's north of the North Pole?"
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There will be no more oil
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You must not be a native English speaker. I think what you are asking is:\n\n1. Is outer space empty besides planets and stars...?\n2. How and when did the universe come into existence?\n\nNo; space is not empty it is filled with gas and dust(known as the "interstellar medium"). The density of the ISM varies widely between a few to hundreds of molecules per cubic meter. Even intergalactic space is not empty. It also contains traces of gas and dust. Latest estimates are 15 billion years for the age of the universe
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Its obviously D).  All that gas is holding us down.   (just kidding, its caused by the fact that Earth is massive enough to cause a significant gravity well in space-time)