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What do these products have in common?
All of the products contain
oil based ingredients.
Oil in Our Lives
Why we need it
Oil Use
= 42 x
1 gallon of oil
1 barrel of oil
World use
(per day)
US use
(per day)
=
88
million
=
20
million
How We Use Oil and Petroleum Products:
•Transportation
•Power, Heating and Cooking
•Plastic and Synthetic fiber
•Personal Care Products
•Agriculture
• Over 6,000 products use oil based ingredients in their
production!
•The average American uses 581 gallons of gas per year!
Look around you right now.
How many objects can you identify that are
made from oil based ingredients?
Oil In Our Lives:
Decreasing
the Amount of Oil We Need
Why is it Important to Decrease the Amount of Oil
Consumed?
• Decrease oil imports
• Combat global climate change
• Reduce carbon emissions
• Decrease chance of oil spills
• Increase sustainable energy solutions
Ways to Decrease Oil Consumption:
•Increase fuel consumption efficiency
•Alternative energy sources
•Ease from oil to natural gas
•Decrease amounts of plastics used
Ways to Decrease Oil Consumption:
•
•
•
•
Select products without oil
More efficient heating and electricity generation
More efficient agriculture practices
Drive less, use hybrid/electric vehicles
Look around you right now.
How many oil based objects can you do without?
Can you consider an alternative
product that is not made from oil based ingredients?
It is our responsibility to reduce the amount
of oil we use on a daily basis,
and to encourage others to do the same.
The health of our planet lies in our choices!