Oil turns into life

[brian334]

Oil is created inside the earth, than it floats to the surface and makes all organic things, including life.

[mr_bojangles]

it started out as life too

[brian334]

That is not something I understand.

[mr_bojangles]

"Crude oil was made over millions of years from tiny plants and animals, called plankton. The plankton on the left would form oil in about 150 million years time if the sea bed is not disturbed.
The plankton are trapped under many layers of sand and mud. Over millions of years, the dead animals and plants got buried deeper and deeper. The heat and pressure gradually turned the mud into rock and the dead animals and plants into oil and gas."

quote from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_oil_made_of

In the leading theory, dead organic material accumulates on the bottom of oceans, riverbeds or swamps, mixing with mud and sand. Over time, more sediment piles on top and the resulting heat and pressure transforms the organic layer into a dark and waxy substance known as kerogen.

Left alone, the kerogen molecules eventually crack, breaking up into shorter and lighter molecules composed almost solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Depending on how liquid or gaseous this mixture is, it will turn into either petroleum or natural gas.
quote^ from http://www.livescience.com/environment/051011_oil_origins.html

[brian334]

Oil is lighter than both water and rock, so how can water and rock be on top of oil? The only answer is the oil is created below water and rock.