[Aaron]

Products Made from Oil

Ink Dishwashing liquids Paint brushes Telephones
Toys Unbreakable dishes Insecticides Antiseptics
Dolls Car sound insulation Fishing lures Deodorant
Tires Motorcycle helmets Linoleum Sweaters
Tents Refrigerator linings Paint rollers Floor wax
Shoes Electrician's tape Plastic wood Model cars
Glue Roller-skate wheels Trash bags Soap dishes
Skis Permanent press clothes Hand lotion Clothesline
Dyes Soft contact lenses Shampoo Panty hose
Cameras Food preservatives Fishing rods Oil filters
Combs Transparent tape Anesthetics Upholstery
Dice Disposable diapers TV cabinets Cassettes
Mops Sports car bodies Salad bowls House paint
Purses Electric blankets Awnings Ammonia
Dresses Car battery cases Safety glass Hair curlers
Pajamas Synthetic rubber VCR tapes Eyeglasses
Pillows Vitamin capsules Movie film Ice chests
Candles Rubbing alcohol Loudspeakers Ice buckets
Boats Ice cube trays Credit cards Fertilizers
Crayons Insect repellent Water pipes Toilet seats
Caulking Roofing shingles Fishing boots Life jackets
Balloons Shower curtains Garden hose Golf balls
Curtains Plywood adhesive Umbrellas Detergents
Milk jugs Beach umbrellas Rubber cement Sun glasses
Putty Faucet washers Cold cream Bandages
Tool racks Antihistamines Hair coloring Nail polish
Slacks Drinking cups Guitar strings False teeth
Yarn Petroleum jelly Toothpaste Golf bags
Roofing Tennis rackets Toothbrushes Perfume
Luggage Wire insulation Folding doors Shoe polish
Fan belts Ballpoint pens Shower doors Cortisone
Carpeting Artificial turf Heart valves LP records
Lipstick Artificial limbs Hearing aids Vaporizers
Aspirin Shaving cream Wading pools Parachutes


Oh yeah... Gasoline & diesel fuels are made of oil as well.

[OilBurner]

Boy, how will civilisation survive without artifical turf and beach umbrellas??

Sorry, being facetious! Actually, the number of items on that list and their importance to modern life really brings the whole issue to life. Never mind filling your SUV, try living with a shortage of antiseptics and food preservatives. That is scary.

[MadScientist]

back to buckskin rubbers too i suppose

although now that I think about it, contraception probably wont be important after the day.

[Cool Hand Linc]

Why did you only post a partial list? Seriously!

If you then include the stuff that comes from natural gas. It really become huge! As if its not big enough without it.

[OilBurner]

Doesn't all electronics rely on directly on oil too?
Obviously, computer peripherals made of plastic will be stuffed without oil.

Bye bye internet..

[Licho]

Chemical feedstocks comprise only few percents of oil consumption, everything else is transportation/heating/other energy. So there can be enough oil to supply chemical industry for century. Enough time to switch to other supplies.

[OilBurner]

So if only 40% of US oil consumption is transportion, is most of the rest really for heating?
I find that difficult to believe!! Especially since the plastics industry is just mammoth.

I wonder what the true breakdown is?

[MadScientist]

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/analysis_publications/oil_market_basics/Full_contents.htm


The graph is in the Demand section- US consumption by product

[OilBurner]

So, according to that graph, about 50% of oil use in the US is for transport and a very small pc for electrical generation. The rest was vague - what exactly was the 20% for "industrial" include? Is that heating or plastics or both? Shame it isn't more specific.
The residential part - which I guess is mostly heating oil - was a very small pc.

[MadScientist]

http://klinegroup.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0229-11071_ITM#0229-11071

for a small fee you can have the answers!


hehe..ill google around and see if I can find it for free

[Leanan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o if only 40% of US oil consumption is transportion, is most of the rest really for heating?

[OilBurner]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Leanan', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o if only 40% of US oil consumption is transportion, is most of the rest really for heating?

[Barbara]

If we drop all the useless stuff, then peak oil will happen in 2100!

[MadScientist]

Quote from plastic bag website: "Just 4% of crude oil consumption is used for all plastics, and only 2% for all films, of which plastic bags is a very small proportion. 85% of oil is burned as fuel or heating."

[OilBurner]

I'm not saying I dispute that BUT they would say that, wouldn't they?

[OilBurner]

p.s. did some research myself and found the same article you refer to.

Also found information that another 3-4% of all oil consumption is for the manufacturing of plastics, the 4% figure referes to the amount of oil used as a feedstock for plastics.
So, that's a fair proportion - 7-8% in total. Clearly, transport and heating are the main users though.

How did we get to be arguing, ahem, debating about this again??!!

[MadScientist]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilBurner', 'S')o if only 40% of US oil consumption is transportion, is most of the rest really for heating?
I find that difficult to believe!! Especially since the plastics industry is just mammoth.

I wonder what the true breakdown is?

[OilBurner]

Sorry I just leapt into the argument mind set - I've been on the net too long, it's become a bad habit!!
Thanks for the info!!

:D

[MattSavinar]

Condoms take oil to make. Best stock up now.

Matt

[Joram]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')ondoms take oil to make. Best stock up now.

Matt