Does Oill and Water Replenish?

Question

One of my wonders is does Oil (for our cars) and Water replenish? Would we ever run out of either?

Answer 1

The conditions to make oil are very specific and therefore, it is not an easy thing to replenish (almost impossible due to needing organic materials). Water on the other had is in abundance on this earth. it is not the lack of water people are worried about, but the lack of clean water.

Answer 2

Current accepted theory is that oil is not currently being replenished or is being replenished at a rate so slow as to be effectively unreplenished. So in theory our oil will run out, some say production has peaked now, some say in 30-40 years. Google "peak oil" and there's tons of stuff on the topic, though much of it isn't very scholarly.

There is an alternate theory, abiotic oil, that says oil comes from the mantle and if true, it may be replenishing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_p...

Water, well, we may run out of clean water because many of the sources we use are definitely not being given a chance to replenish. And most of the world's glaciers are melting, and they are the source of many of the world's great rivers. There's certainly major water shortages already developing in many of the world's great urban areas, and the problem is probably going to get worse. We won't "run out" of water, but it will get a lot scarcer and more expensive unless we change our wasteful ways.

Answer 3

Oil is a finite resource......so no.

As for water....what do you think? It still rains doesnt it?

Answer 4

Several algae companies, and soybean growers, are trying to make oil a renewable resource, but generally oil is considered 'non-renewable'; a 'fossil fuel' which built up over millions of years and is being burned in less than a thousand.  

Answer 5

Oil in considered a non-renewable resource because it takes a very long time to renew, much faster than we use it even at a slow rate.

Water is a closed system. Here's a diagram: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...

Water itself will be recirculated into the system, but there's no guarantee it will be fresh potable water.