Oil reserves?

Question

if oil comes from fossils, shouldnt we be burying people in mass graves for future oil deposits? think of the future people.

Answer 1

"People believe that oil is scarce and is running out. The evidence of massive recent oil and gas discoveries seems to point in the exact opposite direction."

http://geologyecology.suite101.com/artic...

Answer 2

Sorry but it is plant fossils not animal. All oils come from plants not animal. The animals may get fat off plants ,but the oil still came from plants. Plants is natures great solar collector. The plants take in CO2 and give us the O2 immediately but it keeps the C. The C eventually will break down into fossil fuels.

Answer 3

It might make more sense to just render the carcasses right away and use the oil rather than risk having it become dispersed and perhaps oxidized.

Answer 4

it takes like 32gazillion years to make oil plus you would have to feed dead human bodies to your car

-and no i don't think we should consider the cockroach cardriving civilization of the future

Answer 5

The idea that oil comes from fossils is being challenged. See first link in "sources". The other link provides links to other articles on oil by the same writer which debunk "peak oil".