It’s almost poetic. The oil got there because there was once vegetation on Antarctica, that decayed over the eons. Now the thirst for oil will lead to heating the planet enough to melt the ice again.
To be fair, the antarctic continent wasn’t always at earth’s southern pole, it was at a lower lattitude, so implying the overall earth temperature is why it wasn’t covered in ice is less significant.
It’s almost poetic. The oil got there because there was once vegetation on Antarctica, that decayed over the eons. Now the thirst for oil will lead to heating the planet enough to melt the ice again.
To be fair, the antarctic continent wasn’t always at earth’s southern pole, it was at a lower lattitude, so implying the overall earth temperature is why it wasn’t covered in ice is less significant.
Kind of like a runaway diesel.
And then an immediate ice age!