Is it possible to take too much oil from the ground? Enough to cause small to medium tectonic shifts; sure it is and it happens all the time.
For instance in Iran, as they take all the oil from below and replace it with sea water of a different density and in some places do not replace it at all.
Most of the Earthquakes in Iran are caused by the taking of their underground oil and whether they will admit it or not they are killing their own people in doing so.
Worse Iran is using the money from the oil it takes out of the ground to by weapons and fund international terrorist organizations to kill even more people.
Does this make nations like Venezuela and Iran problematic nations for the future progression of the human species? Supplying weapons of war, stirring up problems in the world and denying their own citizens a safe surface on the Earth to live and build their homes? It sure is interesting to listen to the Fundamentalist Radical Religions Leader of Iran talk and yet refuse to level with his people the facts about his nuclear ambitions or what he is allowing as he exploits world oil prices to buy WMD and finance Atomic Bomb Building.
Hugo Chavez either knows or should have known that taking that much oil out of the ground is extremely dangerous and will lead to catastrophic Earthquakes killing all the people his Communist Government purports and claims to be caring for.
Sometimes all the hypocrisy in the world is a little unnerving and when these radical elements rule entire countries and have their peoples lives in their hands you have to wonder about the future of the Planet and the human race.
Consider all this in 2006.