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'''Oil''' is a viscous liquid that is not soluble in water and which is used for mainly for lubrication and fuel.
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Oil: created over millions of years, in 4000 because that's what the bible says.
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There are two main types of oil.  One is derived from plants, such as [[olive]]s, and the other, petroleum, is obtained from [[Abiotic oil|geological sources]].
 
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== Uses ==
 
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Uses of oil include the following:
 
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* Heating, by burning the oil.
 
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* Illumination, in oil lamps.
 
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* Generation of electricity, by burning the oil to turn water to steam used to run generators.
 
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* Lubrication.
 
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* Anointing.
 
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* Manufacture of perfumes.
 
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* Cooking, to moisten the food and to improve heat transfer.
 
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== Oil in the Bible ==
 
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Oil, probably usually referring to olive oil, appears over two hundred times in the Bible.
 
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* Oil, particularly olive oil, is used in drink offerings to God, but not in sin offerings.<ref>{{Bible ref|Genesis|28|18}}, {{Bible ref|Genesis|35|14}}, {{Bible ref|Leviticus|2}}, {{Bible ref|Leviticus|14}}, {{Bible ref|Numbers|7}}</ref>
 
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* Oil is used for anointing the priests of God by pouring it on their heads.  This sanctifies them and makes them holy<ref>{{Bible ref|Exodus|29|2,7,21}}, {{Bible ref|Exodus|30|25}}, {{Bible ref|Leviticus|8}}</ref>.  It was also used for anointing the kings of Israel.<ref>{{Bible ref|I_Samuel|10|1}}, {{Bible ref|I_Kings|1|39}}</ref>
 
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* Oil is used for lighting lamps.<ref>{{Bible ref|Exodus|27|20}}</ref>
 
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* In a miracle, Elisha caused a poor widow's little bit of oil to be enough to fill all her jars, and her neighbor's jars, with oil that she could sell it to pay her debts.<ref>{{Bible ref|II_Kings|4|1-7}}</ref>
 
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== See also ==
 
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*[[Fossil fuel]]
 
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*[[Peak oil]]
 
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== References ==
 
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<references />
 
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[[category:geology]]
 
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[[category:food]]
 

Revision as of 17:56, September 12, 2007

Oil: created over millions of years, in 4000 because that's what the bible says.