How is oil related to the sun?

Answer 1

Oil is formed from compression of wetlands (primarily). The plants are the source of the carbon (organic material) that, after eons of heavy compression, turned into the black ooze we call petroleum (oil of the rock? Latin, I think...) Without the sun, there would've been no wetland plants and thus, no petroleum. Therefore, the Sun is indirectly responsible for the energy released when we burn gasoline or fuel oil or coal.

Answer 2

Oil is related to the sun through its formation process. Oil is derived from the remains of ancient organisms, such as algae and plankton, that lived in the oceans and relied on sunlight for energy through photosynthesis. Over millions of years, the organic matter is transformed under heat and pressure in the Earth's crust to become oil and other fossil fuels.

Answer 3

The organic matter from which the oil that is used to produce the petrol came, was initially reliant on the energy from the sun for its life.

Answer 4

the sun grows the plants that make oil.