HydrogenBond Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 I always thought it strange that much of the world's oil reserves are under desert lands, like in the Middle East. Could the oil under the ground have an impact on the weather above. For example, lightning conducts charge between a cloud and the surface of the earth. If this conduction potential was connected to deeper down in the earth, the oil may act as an insulator, limiting charge contact between these zones and the clouds. The weaker charge conditions prevent rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallenrm Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 That could be a theory! Could it also be that all the life in these regions was devastated by some major lightening storm several thosand years ago, which led to the formation of oil wells there? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Could the oil under the ground have an impact on the weather above. For example, lightning conducts charge between a cloud and the surface of the earth. If this conduction potential was connected to deeper down in the earth, the oil may act as an insulator, limiting charge contact between these zones and the clouds. The weaker charge conditions prevent rain. :eek: :hyper: :doh: That could be a theory! Could it also be that all the life in these regions was devastated by some major lightening storm several thosand years ago, which led to the formation of oil wells there? :lol: Maybe if you guys start with what's already known about weather instead of just coming up with some fairy story containing a few "scientific" terms?Insipid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Benzene Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Weather has no connection whatsoever to the oil reserves... Just take a look at the gulf of Mexico, and Alaska, and Siberia, and all the places in South America, and Africa that are rich in oil. Those are not deserts...It has to do with the organic matter that once existed in those regions... afterall... that's what oil is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Weather has no connection whatsoever to the oil reserves... Just take a look at the gulf of Mexico, and Alaska, and Siberia, and all the places in South America, and Africa that are rich in oil. Those are not deserts...It has to do with the organic matter that once existed in those regions... afterall... that's what oil is. Not to mention that lightning is so poorly understood in general that drawing conclusions about a specific environment it occurs in is unsubstantiated. http://hypography.com/forums/physics-mathematics/605-piezoelectric-earth.html?highlight=piezoelectric+earth http://hypography.com/forums/physics-mathematics/316-earth-conductivity.html?highlight=piezoelectric+earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenBond Posted July 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 It was just a mental exercise for the imagination. It is like the mental exercise that assumes the oil reserves came from life forms. They could also be formed in a more direct way by the earth itself. An article about the moon Titan shows rivers of methane or ethane. If the earth had this at one time, pressure, dirt and heat could have formed these reserves. This would be far easier to demonstrate in the lab. If mental exercises are taken too seriously, one gets scientific dogma like animal oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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