First Some Bad News

Do you have any idea what fossil fuels provides us?   Here is a rundown:

1. 10 calories of fossil fuels are required to produce every 1 calorie of food eaten in the US
2. Pesticides
3. Commercial Fertilizers
4. Automobiles, Tractors, Trailers, Trucks
5. Airplanes
6. The buildings in which and the tools from which other products like appliances are made
7. Natural gas
8. Diesel Fuel
9. Jet Fuel
10. Propane
11. Gasoline
12. Microchips
13. Computers
14. The Internet
15. Asphalt
16. Concrete
17. Highways
18. Modern Cities (1 ton of cement requires 45 gallons of oil or 420 pounds of coal or 4.7 million BTUs of energy)
19. Discovery and extraction of copper, aluminum, uranium, and platinum. (A good sized aluminum plant uses as much power as a city of 175,000 people.)  (1 ton of copper requires 17.8 barrels of oil)
20. In the production of Solar panels
21. In the production of Electricity
22. In the production of wind energy
23. In the production of nuclear energy
24. In the production of biofuels (soybeans and corn)
25. All Plastics
26. Paint
27. Astroturf
28. Tires (Synthetic Rubber)
29. Latex
30. Nylon, Polyester, Acrylic
31. Vinyl
32. Styrofoam
33. Naugahyde
34. Formica
35. Candle Wax
36. ASA painkiller
37. Cosmetics including Hand Lotion, Hair Dye, Lipstick, Blush, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow
38. Food Colouring (coal tar)
39. Soapless Detergents use a petrochemical called glycerin
40. Petroleum Jelly
41. Deoderant
42. Rubbing Alcohol
43. Heart Valves, Artificial Limbs
44. Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Polyurethane
45. Fake fur
46. Plexiglass
47. Bubble gum

I’m thinking that’s enough. One 42-gallon barrel of oil creates 19.4 gallons of gasoline (from RankinEnergy.com ). The rest is used to make items like the ones listed above.