Crazy Infographics - How Oil Is Formed?

in #science8 years ago (edited)

If oil is a problem today, wait until twenty years. It will be a nightmare. - Jeremy Rifkin

There are several theories about the formation of Oil.

The most accepted theory is organic and is supposed to have originated from the decomposition of the remains of animals and microscopic algae accumulated in the bottom of the lagoons and the lower reaches of the rivers.

Oil and its derivatives are used today to manufacture a lost of things like medicines, fertilizers, food, plastic objects, building materials, paints and textiles and also to generate electricity.

The Crazy Infografic for today seeks to clarify some of those little doubts that some have about the oil, this liquid so needed in our time but that also has been the cause of many of the modern wars.

Infographic from http://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-oil-is-formed/

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Yes :) I have read some alt-theories. Thanks for the link btw, interesting

my humble opinion, we should be able to replace oil, beyond the ecological damage that this represents, will also help reduce Gerra in the Middle East, if although is more than clear that there is a holy Gerra, but there are interested explotacoin created by the aid of hidden in the soil first world countries. excellent post that has published thank you very much

I think @jlufer means "war" because it is "guerra" in Spanish language

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