Crude Awakening
Did you know that you use oil about every where you go? You might not think this is true but tires, toothpaste, trash bags, and tennis rackets are all made of crude oil. Oil is the most important item traded between countries today. 90% of the world’s transportation runs on petroleum. How much oil is left in the ground? U.S. government thinks about2.6 trillion barrels. (42 gallons a barrel) About 1.7 trillion barrels are “discovered” and 900 billion barrels are “not discovered”. U.S.A. scientists think that oil may be in certain rock formations called Oil shale or marlstone. Oil shale is in rocks and they get it out by heating it up to 900 degrees F. in a kiln. The worlds demand for petroleum intensifies. Oil already provides 40% of the worlds energy. The U.S. economy is more energy efficient than it used to be. The new car called the Minicat runs totally off of compressed air. Saudi Arabia has the most amount of oil like about 261 billion barrels. United States has about 22.7 billion barrels.
