How would you feel if you were at home, watching a movie with your family on Saturday night, when suddenly, your home was flooded with crude oil, dug up from the earth's crust? Pretty upset, right?

Well, that's what we – the humans of earth – are doing to these birds. Sure, they don't have houses with living rooms where they watch films on Saturday night, but we destroy their habitat with the oil we've retrieved from the bottom of the ocean. Not only is this wasting oil, it's wasting life.

So how does this affect you? Maybe you don't care about the birds in the ocean – but check out this diagram:

Why I Chose This Topic

Oil mining is something that bothers me. I know I'm not the only one that is bothered when I look out onto the beautiful natural horizon from the beach and have an oil tanker stuck in my view.

Even though bio-diesel is something that is proven to work, of course there are risk factors and cons, but really, do we need to use up all of our oil resources to make gasoline for our cars?

I conducted a survey for my driver's ed course, and one of the questions was “How far is your commute to work.” Out of the 45 people I surveyed, whose ages ranged from 18 to 55, the most common distance is 5-15 km. It takes a runner an average of 35 minutes to run 5 km! So leave the car parked in the driveway! If your commute is farther, take the bus or organize a car pool – that way, less gasoline is being used. And if you are living close to your place of work, ride your bike, walk or jog, or even run! Get some exercise in before you start your day! Thank you for taking a look at my pamphlet! I hope you have enjoyed it!

Did you know... As a result of the 2010 BP gulf oil spill,

• 2071 dead birds were collected.• 5959 birds were collected, oiled.• 586 dead sea turtles were collected.• 528 sea turtles were collected, oiled.• 92 mammals were found dead.• 9 mammals were found alive and oiled.

All of these creatures were found harmed in their natural habitat.

Why? So that we could drive to work!

My name is Steve Hall, I am in the classCGR4M with Mrs Phillips,

and I created this brochure!

Gruesome Facts:

• The BP Oil Spill resulted in more than 200 million gallons of crude oil being spilt into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. This made it the biggest oil spill in North American history.

• Oil destroys the insulating ability of fur-bearing animals such as sea otters. These creatures are therefore exposed to harsh elements. And who intentionally wants to harm sea otters?!

• Oil spills don't just affect the water. They also affect the air we breath, the soil we grow food in, and of course, the water we drink.

• There have been 125 major oil spills in the last 30 years.

Don't it always seem to go,that you don't know what you've got,

'til it's gone -They paved paradise

To put up a parking lot.

-Big Yellow Taxi is a song written by Joni Mitchell in 1970. It talks about how humans are taking over “paradise”, as in the natural earth to put up commercial and residential locations. Although it doesn't directly talk about oil spillage, it talks about human interaction with the environment. Today, it is played on the radio, performed by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton.

Even the most devout environmentalists can agree, we need oil. But do we really need it for what we use it most for?

This diagram shows that 47% of products made from 1 barrel of crude oil that has been drilled from the earth's surface is used to produce gasoline to fuel our cars.

Research has shown us though, that cars can run just

as well on ethanol and bio-diesel. What's bio-diesel? It's a vegetable oil or animal fat-based diesel fuel, consisting of methyl, propyl or ethyl esters, meaning it can run our vehicle if it is converted properly! And doesn't this sound like an easy solution? Animal fat based diesel fuel. Where could we find that in large amounts?