Crude Awakening
The worlds oil supply is about to drop and drop dramatically. In an article called Crude Awakening by Emma Davy the problem of oil supply is discussed. It’s hard to imagine how many things use oil or have oil in them. Tennis rackets,trash bags,toothpaste,tires,trains,cars,chainsaws,boilers,and lawnmowers all use oil. When oil is first pumped out of the ground by oil wells it is black goop called crude oil or petroleum. Then it is sent to oil refineries where it is turned into the oil we use. U.S government scientists predict that there are 2.6 trillion barrels of oil left on and in the earth. One barrel is equal to 42 gallons. Not all of this oil is pumped. Some of it is still in the ground. Not all of the oil left is easy picking. Oil is in frozen ground in Siberia and oil is even at the floor of the 3 kilometer deep Caspian Sea. Disappointing in my oppinion is that the U.S makes up 4% of the earths population but uses 25% of the earths oil. Paul Roberts is the author of a book called The End of Oil. Robert says,” The U.S is energy illiterate.” To be more energy efficient Americans can look more into solar wind and geothermal power. Americans can also drive cars such as the minicat that runs on compressed air. I remember once seeing a minicat on the road. It was small,it wasn’t ugly, and it seemed to work fine.
