History of oil

 Question 1:  What has allowed oil to become such a big part of our lives?

            When we first started using oil (about 4000 years ago in ancient Persia) it was everywhere. In fact those who found oil were laughed at and told that it was worthless. It is told though that two brothers were traveling along a road when a pack of bandits attacked. According to legend they were about to be killed when a bandit pushed a fire torch over and it exploded. That was how people learned that oil could be burned. But while using it for light was big oil wouldn't come to see its full potential until World War II started. Then oil helped machines be made and give those machines run. This was only available though because of how cheap it was to get oil. Because it was everywhere it wasn't hard to get and the sides that ended up winning got more oil fields faster and used them about 3 times more than their enemies. Also oil was productive. For the amount of work you could from 1 barrel of oil you would have to get about 20-25 men working twice as long swifts and getting paid 3 times more each. Even as oil has become rarer and prices have gone up it is still cheap enough, and gives enough energy per dollar than people can come close to.

Question 2:  How has oil spread throughout the years?

           As I have said before the first oil use was in Persia, and when they became the biggest kingdom others decided that oil was the key to success. The Persian then traded oil to any one who would give a big enough payment. So much that scientists have found oil in China that was pumped to the surface by bamboos and air (like a giant straw). Then in 1850 a whale lover named Igancy Lukasiewicz started selling oil powered lamps instead of the then extremely expensive lamps powered by whale oil. Then history was made as Poland surprised every other country by having the first ever commercial oil well. It then took a dip in production as airplanes purposely bombed oil factories as to gain an advantage in the second World War. After World War II though the U.S used the momentum of its victory and became the largest user and producer of oil. It is still on top but has lost a lot to the Middle East (80% of all know reserves) and has just fallen behind Russia. Oil is now used for 90% of all vehicle usage and is being hated because of how the IEA (The International Energy Agency's) has predicted that oil will drop to only 10 million barrels a day (compared to 74 million in 2005) in 2015.

Question 3:  How have people changed when oil founding has changed?

              When oil has risen like finding of a new source or the extractors finally reaching their maximum   so has people ways. We simply start to use oil without thinking and wonder what more we can use it for. In a test involving 50 people 45 of all those involved (90%) used oil products more when the area they lived in had a working well. If the well were to run dry though 30 of those 50 people (60%) went to almost half their old use of oil and even talked with friends on ways to save oil. From carpools and turning off lights, to trying to dig for your own oil and stop paying the electricity bills and going back do doing things by hand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum
      
 by yotam