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The Making of Oil

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The Making of Oil

PlanktonThis article provides an overview of how oil was created over the past several hundred million years, and how it is recovered for our use.

 

Topics related to the article:

  • Formation and change of the land masses of the earth
  • Climatic changes over hundreds of millions of years
  • History of the use of petroleum as a source of energy. When did it begin: What was used before? When will we no longer use petroleum and what will follow?
  • Advantages and disadvantages of oil compared to other source of energy