Some of the advantages of oil are -
- Easily combustible, and produces high energy upon combustion helping in locomotion and in the generation of electricity and various other forms of energy;
- Widely and easily distributed all over the world through rail and sea tankers
- Comparatively inexpensive due to large reserves and easy accessibility
- Good availability
- Inexpensive
- Very large amounts of electricity can be generated in one place using oil, fairly cheaply.
- Oil-fired power stations are very efficient.
- An oil-fuelled power station can be built almost anywhere, so long as you can get large quantities of fuel to it.
i dont know but its cheap
that is why we come on here. It's not in our text books.