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We can not get to the Crude oil easy, and you normaly find it under the sea, and as you are digging under the sea and the oil spills it will cause pollution and kill the sea creatures.

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Q: Why is crude oil in the Earth's crust a problem?
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How is crude oil brought to the earths surface?

It is pumped out of oil reserves within the crust of the earth


Why does crude oil cause problems to the earth's crust?

crude oil is of lighter density had hence floats on water molecules and prevents any living micro-organism to absorb oxygen/water essential for life mostly found in the earths crust.


Crude oil is often found in the Earths crust why is this a problem?

billions of gallons of oil and tons of coal has been extracted from the earths crust which is obviously leaving an emptyness behind, i find it hard it hard to believe that this space remains empty without any collapse in the crust to fill the empty space. if there was a collapse in the earths crust then it would surely be felt as an earthquake or maybe even a tsunami.Earth is only a few kilometers thickness but crude oil pockets could lie anywhere, even under the sea.The crust has to be bored and plugged up for extraction which causes spillage and harms bio life to upset the ecology.


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What is the difference between coal and oil?

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Venezuela is rich in crude oil reserves. Their exports include this oil, technology to use crude oil and farm products. Oil has been traditionally a prime export, however, the drop in crude prices has been a problem for Venezuela.


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