When Will We Run Out of Oil?

Kristy from the United Kingdom wrote:
When will we run out of oil?

GLOBIO Traveling Teacher says:

Hi Kirsty,

Yes, eventually we will run out of oil if we continue to use it like we do today - to power our cars, warm our houses, make paints, and make plastics.
Oil (and coal and natural gas) is created by plants and animals that died millions of years ago. Buried in the earth under pressure and heat they combine to form fossil fuels - like oil. This process takes a very long time, millions of years, to form even a small amount of fossil fuel. The problem is we are using up this fossil fuel faster than it can be created.

Our solution is to conserve now the oil we have - using it wisely - and begin to search very hard for new ideas and resources to power of cars and airplanes, create plastics and all the other things we now use oil for.

Thanks for the great question,
GLOBIO Traveling Teacher

I am wondering if you have any information on dinosaurs?

Erin from Australia wrote:
Hi.I am Erin and i am wondering if you have any information on dinosars? i am sorry if i didnt spell that right. Well, thank you for your help. I will maybe ask you agian sometime. lol lmao mwah bye cya?

GLOBIO Traveling Teacher says:

Hi Erin,

No, sorry we don't have an article on dinosaurs yet - but one is being created - we hope to have it up in a few months (in 2009).

We do have stories almost every week on our In The News section at http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/inthenews.aspx. This is a good place to check every week because scientists are finding new dinosaur bones all the time.

Thanks for the great question,
GLOBIO Traveling Teacher