The Story of Oil!AiMei ChengJessica PintoKylie Wiegel

Medicine Roads Makeup Soap/Detergent Plastic Shampoo Glue Toys Etc, etc, etc….

Oil in Things We All Use Today

How do we get the Oil? Drilling:

◦ Digs into earth to get the oil.◦ The OIL that is used to run the machine creates air

pollution. Extraction:

◦ Air pollution can be caused by the oil escaping during extraction.

Off shore drilling:◦ Occurs 200+ miles off coastline

FRAC-ing (alternative to drilling):◦ Used in PA and NY where companies can drill into

underground rock layers where the oil or gas is trapped.

Oil Spills: water/ocean pollution Air pollution: carbon dioxide/sulfur Mining: dirt pollution Drilling: dirt pollution Transporting: (oil spills) water/ ocean

pollution Burning: air pollution Factoring: air/ water/ dirt pollution

Environmental Consequences

If we were not to extract the oil, we wouldn’t have medicine, no means of transportation and no plastic!

No roads, glue, boats, tires, plastic bags WAR! Petro-dictators

The cultural consequences of extracting Oil!

OIL

US IRAQ

Industries, such as BP, are trying to clean up the oil spill by funding volunteers to clean up the oceans and beaches that have been affected.

Government is trying to put a limit on how much oil can be shipped at once.

More companies are constructing moreeco-friendly buildings.

What are Industries doing to help?

Conserve Hybrids Recycle plastic

What should be done?

•Biodiesel•Solar Energy•Hyper miler