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LIEbrals do you really not want to drill for oil anymore when so many products are made from it?
http://www.anwr.org/features/oiluses.htm
Products Made From Oil
Clothing Ink
Heart Valves
Crayons
Parachutes
Telephones
Enamel
Transparent tape
Antiseptics
Vacuum bottles
Deodorant
Pantyhose
Rubbing Alcohol
Carpets
Epoxy paint
Oil filters
Upholstery
Hearing Aids
Car sound insulation
Cassettes
Motorcycle helmets
Pillows
Shower doors
Shoes
Refrigerator linings
Electrical tape
Safety glass
Awnings
Salad bowl
Rubber cement
Nylon rope
Ice buckets
Fertilizers
Hair coloring
Toilet seats
Denture adhesive
Loudspeakers
Movie film
Fishing boots
Candles
Water pipes
Car enamel
Shower curtains
Credit cards
Aspirin
Golf balls
Detergents
Sunglasses
Glue
Fishing rods
Linoleum
Plastic wood
Soft contact lenses
Trash bags
Hand lotion
Shampoo
Shaving cream
Footballs
Paint brushes
Balloons
Fan belts
Umbrellas
Paint Rollers
Luggage
Antifreeze
Model cars
Floor wax
Sports car bodies
Tires
Dishwashing liquids
Unbreakable dishes
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Combs
Tents
Hair curlers
Lipstick
Ice cube trays
Electric blankets
Tennis rackets
Drinking cups
House paint
Rollerskates wheels
Guitar strings
Ammonia
Eyeglasses
Ice chests
Life jackets
TV cabinets
Car battery cases
Insect repellent
Refrigerants
Typewriter ribbons
Cold cream
Glycerin
Plywood adhesive
Cameras
Anesthetics
Artificial turf
Artificial Limbs
Bandages
Dentures
Mops
Beach Umbrellas
Ballpoint pens
Boats
Nail polish
Golf bags
Caulking
Tape recorders
Curtains
Vitamin capsules
Dashboards
Putty
Percolators
Skis
Insecticides
Fishing lures
Perfumes
Shoe polish
Petroleum jelly
Faucet washers
Food preservatives
Antihistamines
Cortisone
Dyes
LP records
Solvents
Roofing
15 Answers
- Melissa MeLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
This is why most refining and plastics corporations are looking at recycling projects. It's obvious the community at large wants it and if you hurry to provide it you can boost sales until the other companies catch up.
Source(s): myself: I love the environment, but I'm a realist. * Jamesmom: You should really go to natural fibers and away from the fake stuff. ** Smells like: Nothing he mentioned is made with oil, but with parts of crude oil after it is "cracked". You see, crude oil is filtered and distilled into different fractions of carbon chains, some more waxy and some less. From this comes gasoline, sure, but that is only part. You also get oils you put in your car... diesel... and even what we in the industry call "monomer". Monomer is what is used to make "polymer". And most of the things he listed are made with polymers. JetsunderPA: Read above. Any solution would require a chemical and chances are that chemical would be refined from crude oil. It's not like all the other components after the gas is made are trashed. They actually refine these into other products. *** Note: the only way we will get away from the use of crude oil in the production of plastics and gasoline is by pressuring the auto industry (and others that use gas/chemicals) to use corn or other oils as energy. I work in the chemical and petro industry. It is hard for me to blame crude oil on our problems when I know that if the auto industry and other groups started asking for us to find a use for corn or olive or other lighter oils for energy, we would start researching these right away. Especially if they were to guarantee a contract with us for the supply after development. - Anonymous5 years ago
Liberals want to Completely Shut Down Oil Drilling and Coal Mines. They are still dreaming about "Alternative Energy" that will Never Happen. It is a HOAX.
- whimsyLv 61 decade ago
Sure - it makes better sense to save that oil for better purposes than burning inefficiently for transportation (heck, we get ~10-15% the potential energy of gasoline in the internal engine. Keep in mind, gasoline is a small, refined and energy-intensive component of oil)
- Dr KnowLv 41 decade ago
Drill, or ride a bike and stop using products that require oil. Opps, forget that bike. Start walking.
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- Bob SmithLv 51 decade ago
Not only this, but to ship products from point A to B takes oil. Let's face it, oil is a major economic influence, and drilling for oil would make us wealthier; our economy would be stronger.
- Crown RoyalLv 71 decade ago
Off shore? yes, we do. Unless they (oil companies) have a way to safely shut down a well if needed. How can you want it after what's going on now in the Gulf? They have no clue how to stop the leak.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You forgot to include "oil-soaked wildlife" and "the destruction of the Gulf shrimping industry" on your list.
- DoinLv 41 decade ago
how much of that would of been needed 500 years ago? None of that is needed to keep humanity goin.
how much life was destroyed in the oil rig?
