oil-advantages+and+disadvantages

@http://www.alternativeenergysecret.com/fossil-fuels.html
 * shows advantages and disadvantages

This is a good website that says how oil is made and what the advantages and disadvantages of it are..

These points were taken from Fossil Fuel: Fossil Fuel Resources Advantages Oil and natural gas are found in lots of places in the world.
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 * Oil is cleaner and easier to burn than coal.
 * Electricity produced from oil is reliable.
 * Some of the advantages of oil are** -
 * Easily combustible, and produces high energy upon combustion helping in locomotion and in the generation of electricity and various other forms of energy;
 * Widely and easily distributed all over the world through rail and sea tankers
 * Comparatively inexpensive due to large reserves and easy accessibility
 * Good availability
 * Inexpensive
 * Very large amounts of electricity can be generated in one place using oil, fairly cheaply.
 * Oil-fired power stations are very efficient.
 * An oil-fuelled power station can be built almost anywhere, so long as you can get large quantities of fuel to it.[[image:data/image/jpeg;base64,However, caption="jpeg;base64,However,"]] __it releases carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, that had been stored in the earth for millions of years__
 * __it leaves behind harmful by-products upon combustion, thereby causing a lot of pollution;__
 * __mining of oil leads to irreversible damage to the adjoining environment;__
 * __Oil spills as well as evaporation and fumes pollutes the environment;__
 * __Used oil is difficult to recycle.__
 * __The price of oil is rising, especially if the real cost of its carbon is included.__
 * __Burning it produces carbon dioxide, a major cause of global warming.__

We can transport oil and gas in pipes and by using tankers or ships. Disdvantages Environmental damage can be caused when building the rig and by accidental oil spillages. Oil and gas are not renewable, so once the supplies are used, they will run out.

Burning these fuels releases greenhouse gases into the air. This may add to global warming. The price of oil and gas willbecause supplies are running out and lots of people will want it Working on an oil or gas rig can be dangerous due to the risk of explosions and bad weather.

Advantage- Oil is easy to transport

Transporting Oil:

Crude oil must be moved from the production site to refineries and from refineries to consumers. These movements are made using a number of different modes of transportation. Crude oil and refined products are transported across the water in //**barges**// and // **tankers** //. On land crude oil and products are moved using ** //pipelines// **, trucks, and trains.

Crude oil tankers are used to transport crude oil from fields in the Middle East, North Sea, Africa, and Latin America to refineries around the world. Product tankers carry refined products from refineries to terminals.

__@http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_advantages_and_disadvantages_of_oil_as_an_energy_source__ __this explains some advantages and disadvantages of oil.__