Oil Revelations

What is oil? We know it comes from the ground. It is the byproduct of life. It is what is left behind after living things die and get buried for millions of years. It is what is left by the life that existed before us, our ancestors.

That means that we are nothing more than consumers of the dead. I don't mean by eating but by consuming it to power our cars, to make our plastics, to lubricate our machines.

Ultimately it will be gone. Then, after a million years or so, we will be the new deposits of oil. Whatever is here will consume us like we did to the life before. It is the circle of life carried out over millions of years. Kind of depressing when you think about it. The dinosaurs legacy is a few fossils and some gasoline. Ultimately that may be all we leave behind.