Kelley Lindlau
Stephanie Kenefick
What is petroleum?
A liquid mixture of hydrocarbons and can be extracted and refined to
produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil
Fossil fuel formed by dead organisms beneath earth’s surface
World uses 88 million barrels a day in manufacturing
Depleting rapidly
Location in Distillation Tower
• Top of distillation tower
• Crude oil enters tower
• Separates into different oil substances
• Such as gasoline, petroleum jelly
• Gasoline product then catalyzed to extract rubber
How is petroleum used in shoes?
Rubber soles.
• Artificial rubber
• Petroleum carbon molecules chemically altered so they become molecules
called dynes
• then re-altered to form a long chain called polymers
• polymers are the finished 'synthetic rubber'
Cost to Manufacture
Nike shoes (from Indonesia)
Production labor $2.75
Materials $9.00
Rent and Equipment $3.00
Supplier's operating profit $1.75
Duties $3.00
Shipping $0.50
Cost to Nike $20.00 per pair
Time of Manufacturing
Depends on style and producer
It only takes approximately 40 minutes for the machines to make a pair of
Nike Shoes.
The rubber for the sole of the shoe is what takes the longest to make.
To produce the rubber sole, it may take about an hour
Manufacturing Process
mainly four departments in which a progressive route is followed for
producing finished shoes.
• Clicking or Cutting Department
• Outside of shoe
• Closing or Machining Department
• Sew together pieces, make shoes 3D
• Lasting & Making Department
• Attach sole
• Finishing Department
• Waxed, polished, made pretty
Disposal of Waste
Depends on company and location
Nike attempts to recycle and compost 75% of their waste.
The remainder goes to landfills.
Serious benefits to mankind?
Protection
Better traction
Waterproof
Less stomping noise
More comfortable
Does not require the death of an animal unlike leather
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Support
Reduce injury
Spring
Comfort
Benefits to mankind according to wiki
answers
Welllll… if the soles were metal and then you kicked someone, it would hurt
them a lot.
And then if you wanted to wash them, they’d ruin your washing machine. So
that’s why they’re rubber.
Adds pep to your step
Can’t be shocked by electricity. Saves your life.
Risk if not manufactured
Have to use leather=
• Killing animals
• Clinking sound
• Not waterproof
• Damage easier
Or go barefoot
• Disease
• Amputations
• Smelling peoples feet
• Stub toes
• yuckkk
Sources
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/poli/nike/nike101-8.htm
www.crazyshit.com
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/oil-refining4.htm
http://www.soc.duke.edu/~s142tm17/makingshoe.htm
http://www.ehow.com/facts_6299635_rubber_-vs_-leather_soledshoes.html
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/shoes-leather-vs-rubber-soles
http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/petroleu
www.energy4me.org/energy-facts/energy-sources/petroleum/
http://nikeinc.com/pages/about-nike-inc
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