Walking through Time A Ped estr ian i n Time Chasing the origins of OilJames L Bradley August 14 th , 2011 Chasing the origins of Oil It run s mod ern socie ty alo ng wit h fue lin g mos t ser iou s pol iti cal ten sio ns tha n any oth ersubstance on our world today, the question still remains on where does in really originate, and exactly what is le ft for our rapidly in creasing consumptio n. It is believed t hat nature has been converting ancient dead life into the much sought after “black gold” for millions of years creating it with a little more than heat, pressure and time – at least that is what our learned scholars tell us. Albeit fuel prices across the world are spiking, and there are the experts who tell us in too many reports to cite is that we running out – our scientists still can’t tell us with any level of certainty where and how it came into being, how long it took and how much there really is left for ourmonsters that cruise the highways and byways of our planet, heat our home or are additives to ourdaily dose of medicine. There seems to be numerous theories related to the ignitable fuel, whereas we normally label it as a “fossil fuel” along with coal and natural gas, which most in the field believed it was tra ns for med from lon g de ad org ani sms – you know, whe re a maj ori ty of it came fro m the “fossils” of plants and tiny “marine” organisms – albeit some think we can throw a large animal into the mix here and there, a dinosaur or two may have wandered into the formula is not a farfetched idea but most think they would have made a “small” and “insignificant” contribution. The other theory running about is that there is more oil in the Earth, created in the early days ofthe Planets beginning, that has yet to be tapped. The number one theory, “dead stuff”, accumulated on the bottom of oceans, riverbeds orswamps, mixing with mud and sand. Over time, additional sedime nts piled on top of the dead stuff and as it was buried, the pressure created heat transforming the “dead stuff” into kerogen –whereas left to their own devices kerogen will eventually crack, breaking into shorter and lightermolecules composed “almost” solely of “carbon” and “hydrogen” – and depending on how liquid or gaseous the mixture is will cause the chemical mixture to either form petroleum or natural gas. What kind of times span is involved – our boys in the know aren’t really sure but the guess in the order of hundreds of thousands of years – in other words don’t run down to the sea shore and throw a dead plant or animal in the surf and expect to collect your gallon of oil the next day.
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It runs modern society along with fueling most serious political tensions than any other
substance on our world today, the question still remains on where does in really originate, and
exactly what is left for our rapidly increasing consumption. It is believed that nature has been
converting ancient dead life into the much sought after “black gold” for millions of years creating
it with a little more than heat, pressure and time – at least that is what our learned scholars tell us.
Albeit fuel prices across the world are spiking, and there are the experts who tell us in too many
reports to cite is that we running out – our scientists still can’t tell us with any level of certainty
where and how it came into being, how long it took and how much there really is left for our
monsters that cruise the highways and byways of our planet, heat our home or are additives to our
daily dose of medicine.
There seems to be numerous theories related to the ignitable fuel, whereas we normally label it
as a “fossil fuel” along with coal and natural gas, which most in the field believed it was
transformed from long dead organisms – you know, where a majority of it came from the
“fossils” of plants and tiny “marine” organisms – albeit some think we can throw a large animal
into the mix here and there, a dinosaur or two may have wandered into the formula is not a far
fetched idea but most think they would have made a “small” and “insignificant” contribution.
The other theory running about is that there is more oil in the Earth, created in the early days of
the Planets beginning, that has yet to be tapped.
The number one theory, “dead stuff”, accumulated on the bottom of oceans, riverbeds or
swamps, mixing with mud and sand. Over time, additional sediments piled on top of the dead
stuff and as it was buried, the pressure created heat transforming the “dead stuff” into kerogen –
whereas left to their own devices kerogen will eventually crack, breaking into shorter and lighter
molecules composed “almost” solely of “carbon” and “hydrogen” – and depending on how liquidor gaseous the mixture is will cause the chemical mixture to either form petroleum or natural gas.
What kind of times span is involved – our boys in the know aren’t really sure but the guess in
the order of hundreds of thousands of years – in other words don’t run down to the sea shore and
throw a dead plant or animal in the surf and expect to collect your gallon of oil the next day.
The “Cambrian” is the 1st geological period of the “Paleozoic” Era which is estimated to last
from 542 Ma to 488.3 Ma, it was followed by the “Ordovician” – scholars have yet to determine a
concrete definition of the period whereas opinions and finding are constantly moving – it was
named (established) by Adam Sedgwick naming it after Cambria (the Latin name for Wales)
where Britain’s Cambrian rocks are best exposed.
In looking at the above map, Arabia is off to the right below the equator now placed left of India and joined with Gondwana – with 1/3 rd of more of its land mass still beneath the sea. The
Laurentia (North America) is in the middle of the map straddling the equator with Alaska the
northernmost tip.
This Era is unique in its high proportion of sites are well preserved, where the soft parts of
organisms along with their hard shells are accessible to modern science…because of this, our
scholars note that the period surpasses in biological finds even into later periods.
Prior to this era life on Earth was mostly on the “small” scale and very “simple”, following this
complex organisms gradually become more common in them “preceding” the Cambrian,
however, it was not until the Cambrian that mineralization showed up, where fossilized
organisms became more common. The diversification of life-forms was relatively rapid, whereas
the scholars have termed the event the “Cambrian Explosion”.
This huge increase in many diverse forms of life is believed to have produced the 1st
representatives of many of our modern forms, representing the evolutionary stems (roots) of
modern groups of species.
Although it thought that life was abundant in the oceans, many believe the land was barren,
with nothing more than a microbial “crud” known as ‘soil crust’ (in other words the makings of
our modern day politicians) covering the land. The theory is that based on our limited evidence
(in some ones mind) there is a suggestion that a few animals bumped around on land, while most
of the exposed land mass resembled deserts spanning horizon to horizon. Shallow seas flanked
the margins of several continents created during the breakup of the supercontinent “Pannotia”.
The seas were relatively warm, therefore there was no polar ice for much of this era.
While life prospered in the oceans, the land was barren – with nothing more than a
microbial 'crud' known as soil crust covering the land. Apart from some tentative evidencesuggesting that a few animals foundered around on land, most of the continents resembled
deserts spanning from horizon to horizon. Shallow seas flanked the margins of several
continents created during the breakup of the supercontinent Pannotia. The seas wererelatively warm, and polar ice was absent for much of the era.
The United States Federal Geographic Data Committee uses a "barred capital C" character
similar to the capital letter Ukrainian Ye ‹Є› to represent the Cambrian Period.[9] The
proper [10] glyph is a proposed addition to the Unicode standard at code point
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting from 542 ± 0.3 to488.3 ± 1.7 Ma ago (ICS, 2004,[5] chart); it is succeeded by the Ordovician. Its
subdivisions, and indeed its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established byAdam Sedgwick , who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's
Cambrian rocks are best exposed.[6]
The Cambrian is unique in its unusually high proportion of lagerstätten. These are sites of
exceptional preservation, where 'soft' parts of organisms are preserved as well as their moreresistant shells. This means that our understanding of the Cambrian biology surpasses that
of some later periods.[7]
The Cambrian Period marked a profound change in life on Earth; prior to the Cambrian era,life was on the whole small and simple. Complex organisms gradually became morecommon in the millions of years immediately preceding the Cambrian, but it was not until
this period that mineralised – hence readily fossilised – organisms became common. [8] This
diversification of lifeforms was relatively rapid, and is termed the Cambrian explosion.This vast increase in diverse forms of life produced the first representatives of many
modern phyla, representing the evolutionary stems of modern groups of species. While life
prospered in the oceans, the land was barren – with nothing more than a microbial 'crud'
known as soil crust covering the land. Apart from some tentative evidence suggesting that a
few animals foundered around on land, most of the continents resembled deserts spanning
from horizon to horizon. Shallow seas flanked the margins of several continents createdduring the breakup of the supercontinent Pannotia. The seas were relatively warm, and
polar ice was absent for much of the era.
The United States Federal Geographic Data Committee uses a "barred capital C" character
similar to the capital letter Ukrainian Ye ‹Є› to represent the Cambrian Period.[9] The proper [10] glyph is a proposed addition to the Unicode standard at code point