What is taking all of the oil out of the earth doing to our earth???

Question

What is taking all of the oil out of the earth doing to our earth???

Answer 1

Nothing that the earth hasn't been doing without us for millions of years. It's called the carbon cycle.

Most of the oil ever formed on Earth has already been released back to the atmosphere by plate tectonics. Billions of barrels of oil have been formed and released by natural processes, often very gradually, but sometimes catastrophically. Evidence of this can be seen all over the world. In terms of ocean oil spills alone, about 63 MILLION gallons of oil naturally seep to the oceans surface each year. TEN THOUSAND gallons a day seep up along the coast of Santa Barbara in California from natural seeps. Many oil seeps are not under the ocean, so that figure does not include surface seeps on land, which are considerable. I drive past a natural surface oil seep regularly that seeps about 50 gallons a day. Most of this oil evaporates and is broken down in the atmosphere. Other seeps contain microbes that digest the oil and naturally convert it to carbon dioxide and some methane.

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANE...

Here is an example of natural oil seeps in California:

http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/seeps/

There is even a significant amount over time of natural gas and oil that actually migrates naturally upwards through the earth to the surface. This can and is measured by oil companies who are looking for places to drill. Chances are, if you live above an oil or gas field, there are very small but  measurable amounts of oil and gas in the atmosphere around you that have seeped naturally to the surface.

The issue that you are alluding to is that by removing oil very rapidly over the last 150 years, we have created an excess of carbon in the earth's atmosphere that may change our climate. Keep in mind that during many periods in the ancient past, long before man had evolved, there were periods of higher carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere than today. Life did thrive on the planet during these periods, it just wasn't us. The earth, and its life forms adapted and evolved. The threat today is if WE can evolve quickly enough to survive the changes we may be causing. Obviously, if we cause a rapid enough change that affects sea level and climate, most of our cities will be in peril and the devices of human civilization are likely to fail. The Earth, however, is likely to continue to exist and change as it has for billions of years.

Answer 2

Through global climate change and industrial pollution it is very possible that it will destroy the planet.  At the very least it will damage it severely, including every single habitat in some way or another, every single species in some way or another, and every single organism in one way or another.

Look at our country and out society....slaves to the oil industry.  Little do we know the real havoc this is reeking on us and we won't see it until its way too late.