How much gasoline do we have left in the world?

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asked Dec 27, 2021 in Conservation by McCoyLandon (910 points)
How much gasoline do we have left in the world?

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answered Jan 2, 2022 by 1982tiperman (5,590 points)
At current rate of consumption and as of now we have at least 50 to 90 years of gasoline left in the world.

However gasoline is made from crude oil so as long as we find more crude oil to extract then we will have more gasoline for longer.

Also we use ethanol mixed in with gasoline now to make the gasoline go further so we likely still have several years of gasoline left.

And some vehicles can run on strictly ethanol as well.

Ethanol is made of corn so it's renewable and can be replenished again and again.

We will eventually run out of gasoline or at least the crude oil to create the gasoline.

Although crude oil is renewable it takes millions of years for the crude oil to create itself from the plants and dead animals.

However we might never run completely out of crude oil as scientists are now finding ways to create crude oil from plants without it being extracted from the earth.

We still however likely have enough crude oil to make gasoline for another 50 to 90 years although more crude oil is likely to be found by then.

As of now we have enough gas as in natural gas to last around 93 more years but more natural gas may be discovered during those years.

As for gasoline we likely have enough crude oil to make gasoline for another 53 to 60 years but even then more crude oil is being discovered all the time.

At current rate of oil consumption we have at least 53 more years of oil left.

However that it just assuming current oil we have known but more oil is usually being discovered during these times so it could take 100 or more years before we run out of oil and fossil fuels.

Oil is extracted from the earth through oil wells which are drilled deep into the earth and then a pump is used to bring the oil to the surface.

The oil then gets sent to refineries where it is then processed into gasoline and other fuels such as propane, motor oil, Diesel Fuel etc.

Oil does actually replenish itself because oil is actually made from plants.

However the oil takes several years to replenish itself once it's depleted.

Oil also known as crude oil is a type of fossil fuel that is not only from plants but also from dead animals.

A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed underground from the remains of dead plants and animals that humans extract and burn to release energy for use.

The main fossil fuels are coal, petroleum and natural gas, which humans extract through mining and drilling.

So contrary to popular belief oil is a renewable resource but it takes several years for the oil to renew once it's gone.

However we are likely not ever gonna run out of oil or other fossil fuels for a very long time and even then the fossil fuels will likely replenish eventually.

Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, natural gas, oil shales, bitumens, tar sands, and heavy oils.

Crude oil means a mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities.

Liquids produced at natural gas processing plants are excluded.

Petroleum, also known as crude oil and oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.

It is commonly refined into various types of fuels.

Crude oil exists in liquid form in underground reservoirs in the tiny spaces within sedimentary rocks.

Or it can be found near the surface in oil sands.

It is often found alongside natural gas and saline water.

Crude oil is often interchangeably referred to as petroleum.

Also scientists have actually discovered a new way to make crude oil from plants without the need to drill for oil so we may never really run out of crude oil.

A new discovery could let scientists artificially create crude oil in under an hour, accelerating a natural process that normally takes at least a few million years to complete.

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