So that I’m clear, I’m ***not*** thinking about pouring my used motor oil all over the yard. But I ***did*** think about pouring out a small jar of unused olive oil in the dirt. I’m 85 to 90 percent sure I’ve heard that’s a no-no, but I’m wondering why. What exactly happens when oil hits dirt? Shouldn’t the soil bacteria chew it up just like they chew up everything else organic? And would the same thing happen to crude oil?
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Crude oil comes from the ground and historically some of it would normally flow out onto the ground or into waterways. It doesn’t happen as much nowadays as we have captured most of the easy to access oil reserves. However in Alberta and Saskatchewan there are massive areas known as oil sands where the surface ground is saturated with oil. It is a natural phenomenon. However dumping in your yard is probably a bit stinky and not advised.
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