Oil Usage

During my Political Studies class, we watched a news report and read an article on the different oil uses. It is amazing how the world relies so much on oil and oil-products. Due to the news report and the article, I learned that 45% of all the oil in the US is used in gasoline for cars. I also learned that most, if not all, plastic-made objects contain oil. Oil is highly used throughout the world and in most of the artifacts in our every day lives. Oil is not just used in fuel for cars, but also in diesel fuel and jet fuel. Without oil, not only would the world be left without transportation, but also without airplanes and war equipment. Things that don't seem to contain oil use oil or petrochemicals. Petroleum is very important in our every day lives and we need it to maintain ourselves and our planet.











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It is very interesting and amazing to realize that the world would not function as it has been functioning for various years if the oil reserves were extinct. Every single person in the world has contact with oil and petrochemicals without even realizing it. I had no idea that in order to preserve the food petrochemicals were added. Petrochemicals are used to keep the food from going to waste. WOW! Oil is used in gasoline and even in food! I can not imagine a world without petroleum. Such a world would be a catastrophe.









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