also, how does this affect the enviorment..
2007-03-13 20:01:53 · 5 answers · asked by sugar sugar . 1 in Environment
It's in plastics, the various kinds of fuel from oil lamps to ocean tankers, industries, cosmetics, medicines, cars, trucks, trains, planes, motorcycles, ATVs, ointments, boats, race cars, jets, motor oils, electric transformers, coils, refrigerators, and on and on.
It bothers environ-mental-ists by being discarded improperly.
2007-03-13 20:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petroleum has MANY different compounds. The gaseous components contain light compounds methane and propane can be used in heating, fuel, making electricity. Other lights such as ethylene and propylene are common components used in making plastics. Light liquid components are also used in making plastics but are very common as fuel. Gasoline is mostly toluene. Karosene, jet-fuel are heavier fuel fractions. Benzene is a very useful aromatic ring compound used to make many of the pharmacuticals we use. Heavy components are commonly used as oils for lubrications. And the most heavy, asphaltenes and tars, are used to make roofs and roads. Some of these cpounds especially aromatics can be toxic and carcinogenic. Burning of any fossil fuels releases CO2 and contributes to green house effect
2007-03-14 05:38:25 · answer #2 · answered by beano007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good heavens! Take your car and put it in the oil heated garage and walk on your synthetic* shoes in your plastic* rain coat to the food store to get food grown with fertilizer* and wrapped in shrink wrap*. Get out your cell phone* and notice it was Made in China (shipped with petroleum fuel)
Actually, you probably don't get light from petroleum products unless you make candles partly of parafin* because other products are cheaper to make electricity.
Natural gas is not directly from petroleum, but propane is.
Enough?
* (made from petroleum)
2007-03-14 03:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, plastic and rubber are both petroleum based products, and they're all over the place. That would be a good start. Both products are, for the most part, recycleable, which is very good for the environment.
2007-03-14 03:08:36 · answer #4 · answered by Hawkster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
petroleum is used to make heat to power steam generators for electricity: to make fuel for cars: plastics are made from petroleum
2007-03-14 03:56:18 · answer #5 · answered by lauer_richard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋