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Aug 28 07 6:18 AM
Before exploring for more and more oil to exploit uselessly. Would taking a look at "plastic"and "chemical" (overuse) not be a better option.
I took a survey of things around my own home and was very surprised at all the throw away objects that are made of "plastic". Plastic that seems to be filling up the nations dumps as well as our homes. Ever try to recycle plastic. It isn't easy. We usually can find recycle stations for paper products and aluminum products. But plastic???
Guess what "Petrochemicals are made by cracking oil. That's a process where hydrocarbons molecules are broken up and used as raw materials for a large number of products and materials.
Ethylene, propylene, and butadiene are the stuff that builds our modern society. These three main petrochemicals are used to make everything from disinfectants to coolants and plastic. We can't seem to get away from these oil based chemicals that become Medical science, modern technology, and a bunch of other things we find in our modern civilizations would not exist.
I made a small list of plastics I found and stopped looking for the list was becoming huge. Here is a sample of the plastics I have around my home.
Paint brushes, computer ink, computers, telephones, insecticides, clothing, tents, glue, housepaint, shoes, upholstery, lotions of all kinds, garden hoses, milk bottles, luggage, pesticides, ballpoint pens, carpet, pesticides, etc...
You get the idea, right?
Now I remember that even the biggest consumers of oil, the automobiles are being made from ...you guessed it..
Seems to me that we all need to slow down and think of alternatives to plastics or demand that all plastics become a major recycling resource. I know that alternatives exist for many of these plastic products and I also understand that many companies have started using recycled plastics. I just think that as plastic consumers we should demand that ALL products be made recyclable, organic, and of non-synthetic materials.
As consumers we should become diligent in selecting products that carry the least bad effect on our environment and our health for that too (health ) is effected by the products we use in our homes and on our highways
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