The oil consumed by the earth every day is comparable to a river. Will the earth become lighter and lighter?

In our daily life, there are many indispensable natural resources, and oil resources are another important resource besides water resources. It can be said that if there is no oil on the earth, the development of human science and technology cannot have such a big development and leap.

Oil is called "the blood of industry". In a sense, the role and application of oil in industry is no less important than water resources to human beings.

Most modern machinery is inseparable from oil. If there is no oil as a foundation, then many large-scale machinery will not be able to operate normally, and the whole world will go back decades or even hundreds of years. Therefore, oil resources are very important. , and various countries attach great importance to oil resources, some countries rely on domestic production of oil to make a lot of money, while some countries lack domestic oil resources and can only rely on imports to meet their daily needs.

As we all know, oil is burned to generate energy to drive machinery, and itself is a non-renewable resource. With the continuous exploitation and use of human beings, oil is burned into gas, so the weight of the earth will increase. light?

The oil on the earth is constantly being consumed, is the weight of the earth getting lighter and lighter?

According to the detection results of the world in recent years, it is known that there are 1.35 trillion tons of oil resources on the earth, which is a very huge number. However, according to the continuous advancement of science and technology, the research and development of various large-scale machinery has come out, coupled with the current human In terms of consumption, the oil resources on the earth will eventually be exhausted. Since this substance itself is also a non-renewable resource, if human beings cannot develop other energy sources, they will come to the point where there is no "oil" available.

So according to this, trillions of tons of oil resources become gas after burning, so will the total weight of the earth become lighter?

In this regard, scientists have made a corresponding explanation: a large amount of oil resources are consumed every day around the world, although oil resources are getting less and less, but according to the law of conservation of energy, basically it has nothing to do with the overall mass of the earth influences.

Because the quality of oil before and after combustion is the same, even if carbon dioxide, sulfide and other substances are formed after combustion, the total mass is still the same. On the contrary, various gases formed after combustion of petroleum resources will be absorbed by plants and animals, Some will fall into the sea, which is more likely to pollute the environment and cause adverse consequences such as the greenhouse effect.

Humans extract a lot of oil from the ground, will there be holes under the surface?

Many people also questioned, that is, human beings extract a large amount of oil from the ground every day. After a long time, will there be holes under the surface that will cause the earth to collapse?

There is no need to worry about this problem. Let’s compare with such a data. The radius of the earth is 6371 kilometers, and the deepest well that humans have drilled on the earth is only about 12 kilometers. To make a more vivid metaphor, the earth Compared to an egg, human beings have not even drilled the egg shell when they exploit oil on the earth, and it will not cause any harm to the earth itself.

The continuous consumption of oil resources, the weight of the earth is not light but heavy

As mentioned above, the substances produced by the combustion of petroleum resources will be absorbed by plants and animals, and some will fall into the sea. Is there a possibility that some of the gas will leave the earth and go to outer space?

To know that the current technology of human beings wants to go to outer space, the first thing to overcome is the gravity of the earth, and rockets also need to reach a speed of 11.2 kilometers per second to go to outer space. These gases are obviously not acceptable.

Although petroleum resources are not renewable resources, the substances formed after they are burned may also be transformed into other resources after millions of years. If human civilization still exists, another resource will appear to replace oil. It seems that the weight of the earth is not light but will become heavier.

Therefore, at present, what we can do is to pay attention to the problem of environmental pollution. At present, China has also vigorously developed new energy sources to replace oil. What we can do every day is to take public transportation as much as possible to achieve low-carbon travel. will be more and more beautiful.