Class discussion 9/1/20 •Petroleum discovered in Pennsylvania, and was first used for agriculture and wheels •Connections to Circe •Methane created into fertilizer •Agriculture •Green revolution~ development of synthetic fertilizer •Promotes use of machines run by diesel fuel •Pesticides became more popular (derived from petroleum) •Heavy reliance on fossil fuels •The more efficient the fuel the worse the environment became •Both world wars were hungry for the most oil •Uses of oil •Transportation •Refine crude oil into petroleum products •Becomes gasoline •Diesel •Jet fuel •Marine fuels •Agriculture •Diesel equipement •Pesticides •Fertilizers (coming from natural gas) •Industry (petrochemicals->plastics) •Lubricants, Solvants, Asphalts •Petrochemicals are included in everyday life (food, clothes, perfumes, etc.) •Concerns about oil •Finite-> nonrenewable resource •What happens if it runs out?
