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Short List of Products Made with Oil (plastic)

All of these things are made from oil. As oil prices rise and supplies dwindle, substitutes will have to be found to replace them that are renewable and pollute as little as possible. (List from http://www.wolfatthedoor.org.uk/)

Air conditioners, ammonia, anti-histamines, antiseptics, artificial turf, asphalt, aspirin, balloons, bandages, boats, bottles, bras, bubble gum, butane, cameras, candles, car batteries, car bodies, carpet, cassette tapes, caulking, CDs, chewing gum, cold, combs/brushes, computers, contacts, cortisone, crayons, cream, denture adhesives, deodorant, detergents, dice, dishwashing liquid, dresses, dryers, electric blankets, electrician’s tape, fertilisers, fishing lures, fishing nets, fishing rods, floor wax, footballs, glues, glycerin, golf balls, guitar strings, hair, hair colouring, hair curlers, hearing aids, heart valves, heating oil, house paint, ice chests, ink, insect repellent, insulation, jet fuel, life jackets, linoleum, lip balm, lipstick, loudspeakers, medicines, mops, motor oil, motorcycle helmets, movie film, nail polish, nylons, oil filters, paddles, paint brushes, paints, parachutes, paraffin, pens, perfumes, petroleum jelly, plastic chairs, plastic cups, plastic forks, plastic wrap, plastics, plywood adhesives, refrigerators, roller-skate wheels, roofing paper, rubber bands, rubber boots, rubber cement, rubbish bags, running shoes, saccharine, seals, shirts (non-cotton), shoe polish, shoes, shower curtains, solvents, solvents, spectacles, stereos, sweaters, table tennis balls, tape recorders, telephones, tennis rackets, thermos, tights, toilet seats, toners, toothpaste, transparencies, transparent tape, TV cabinets, typewriter/computer ribbons, tyres, umbrellas, upholstery, vaporisers, vitamin capsules, volleyballs, water pipes, water skis, wax, wax paper

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If not you? Then who? If not now? When?



How about a list of products NOT made with Oil (plastic)

Seems it would be much easier to compile the list of things not made with oil.

I like to challenge people by asking them to look around them and list the things that aren't made with fossil fuels, either as feedstock or as fuel burned in creating the product. Unless they are out in nature, they usually have a hard time with that one...

BTW, why is hair included in the short list? I'm growing my own without oil/plastic, although at a much slower rate than I did back in the 70's!

Cheers,
Jim Z



hair

Well man, I took it off Wolf at the Door so maybe they do it that way in the UK? :D

You're right about the use of plastics and fossils fuels to create most of the products used by modern society. Imagine if we never burned fossil fuels (we wouldn't be at peak for starters) we would have enough plastic to buy crap from Walmart for centuries!

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If not you? Then who? If not now? When?



Anonymous (not verified)
Wow... It seems to me that

Wow... It seems to me that we are truly utilizing oil to its full potential. What would we do without oil?



Thanks

That's a long list. Thanks for sharing with us. I really like it very much. keep it up and nice informative article.



Thanks

Oil derived products are ubiquitous. But, do you realize just how common they are? If you think you’ve shed your oil addiction, think again. I guarantee you will find at least one product in this list that surprises you. Oil derived products are more common than you think!Thanks for sharing with us. I really like it a lot.



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