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I think that something should be done about the United States’ dependency on oil. Oil is a nonrenewable resource and it will not be around forever. ... As people are living longer and our population is increasing the demand of oil will go up as our supply of it goes down and its cost will go up as well. Oil is also a pollutant. From the burning of it in cars to devastating oil spills, it is slowly destroying the environment. There are other alternative sources for fuel that are renewable and friendlier to the environment than oil.
It took a lengthy process that began long before man was around for the oil we use today to be created. Oil is formed from aquatic organisms that lived millions of years ago (Non-Renewable, n. ... As more sedimentary layers formed they created severe pressure and heat on the source rock, which turned the organic layers into oil and natural gas (Freudenrich, n. ... The oil moved from the source rock and amassed in thicker more porous rock called reservoir rock (Freudenrich, n. ... Movements in the Earth trapped the oil and natural gas in the reservoir rocks between layers of solid rock called cap rock (Freudenrich, n. ... Most oil today is found underneath these cap rocks (Non-Renewable, n. ...
Oil is a non-renewable resource and will not be around forever. ... Almost 95% of the energy used in the United States for transportation comes from oil (U. ... Each day the United States consumes about 18 million barrels of oil (Brain, n. ... One barrel of oil is equivalent to 42 gallons of oil (Brain, n. ... About 19 to 20 gallons of gasoline can be produced from 42 gallons of oil (Brain, n. ... In one day the United States consumes around 360 million gallons of gasoline, and in one year we consume around 131 billion gallons (Brain, n. ... The United States makes up 4% of the world’s population (Oil, n. ... 3% of the world’s oil, but we use 30% of it (Nonrenewable, n. ... We have used up around 65% of the known oil in the United States (Fossil Fuels, n. ...
As of 2001, everyday the United States produces 5,801,000 barrels of oil and imports 9,318,000 barrels of oil (EIA, n. ... The top oil supplier of the United States is Saudi Arabia at 1,610,000 barrels of oil a day (EIA, n. ... Almost half the oil the United States uses everyday is imported (U. ... , ) and as the demand for oil increases and our own supply goes down that figure will increase as well. Around 75% of the world proven oil sources are found in only five countries in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates (9. ... Geologists believe that most of the world’s undiscovered oil is in the Middle East (9. ... The former USSR is currently the world’s largest oil extractor, followed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Mexico (9. ... When 80% of the oil supply has been used, oil reserves are considered to be depleted (Nonrenewable, n.
Approximate Word count = 2535
Approximate Pages = 10.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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