You don't "turn" it into energy; petroleum HAS stored energy (chemical energy).However, you can turn it into ANOTHER TYPE OF ENERGY; usually this is done by burning the petroleum, and using it to drive machinery.
Since burning fuels is wasteful (the efficiency is limited, in theory, to the Carnot efficiency of a heat engine), other options are being explored, such as chemical reactions in a fuel cell. But such technology is not yet used on a large scale.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics<span> says that processes that involve the transfer or conversion of heat energy are irreversible.</span><span> ... The First </span>Law of Thermodynamics<span> states that energy cannot be created or destroyed; the total quantity of energy in the universe stays the same.</span>
A. Would be the correct answer :-)
