Use For

Oil is used to Make…

Crash Course: Peak Oil by Chris Martenson

Below find a list of products made from oil. This is not a complete list by any means, but
it certainly gives one pause when they begin to take stock of all
the products in our lives that come from oil.

Products Made from Oil

Ammonia

Anesthetics

Antifreeze

Antihistamines

Antiseptics

Artificial Limbs

Artificial turf

Asphalt for paving roads

Aspirin

Auto Parts

Automobiles

Awnings

Balloons

Ballpoint pens

Balls

Bandages

Beach Umbrellas

Bicycles

Bitumen (asphalt or tar) for road surfaces

Boats

Bubblegum

Cameras

Candles

Car Battery Cases

Car enamel

Car sound insulation

Carpets

Cassettes

Caulking

Child safety gates

Clothing Ink

Cold cream

Combs

Coolers

Cortisones

Cosmetics

Crayons

Credit cards

Curtains

Dashboards

Denture adhesive

Dentures

Deodorants

Detergent containers

Detergents

Dice

Dishwashing liquids

Disposable Diapers

Dolls

Drinking cups

Drugs and creams

Dyes

Electric blankets

Electrical tape

Electrical Wiring Insulation

Electricity

Enamel

Epoxy paint

Eye Glasses

False Teeth

Fan belts

 

 

Faucet washers

Fertilizers

Fishing boots

Fishing Line

Fishing Lures

Fishing Rods

Floor wax

Food Packaging

Food Preservatives

Footballs

Garden Hose

Gas ranges

Glue

Glycerin

Golf bags

Golf balls

Guitar strings

Hair Coloring

Hair Curlers

Hand Lotion

Hearing Aids

Heart Valves

Heat for houses

Heavy-duty plastic

Helmets

House paint

Ice buckets

Ice chests

Ice cube trays

Ink

Insect Repellant

Insecticides

Life jackets

Linoleum

Lip Stick

Loudspeakers

LP records

Lubricants for machinery large and small

Luggage

Medicines

Milk Jugs

Model cars

Mops

Motorcycle helmets

Movie film

Nail Polish

Nylon rope

Oil Filters

Outlet covers

Packaging

Packaging for cough syrup

Packaging for shampoo

Pain reliever coating

Paint

Paint binder and solvent

Paint brushes

Paint Rollers

Panty Hose

Parachutes

Percolators

Perfumes

 

 

Pesticides

Petroleum jelly

Pillows

Plastic

Plastic bottles

Plastic plates

Plastic wood

Plastic wrap

Plywood adhesive

Portable radios, CD and MP3 players

Propane for heat

Propane grills

Protective coating inside juice boxes

Putty

Refrigerants

Refrigerator linings

Refrigerators

Resealable bags

Roller-skates wheels

Roofing

Rubber

Rubber Cement

Rubbing Alcohol

Rugs

Safety glass

Salad bowl

Shampoo

Shaving Cream

Shoe polish

Shoes

Shower curtains

Shower doors

Skis

Soft contact lenses

Solvents

Sports car bodies

Sunglasses

Synthetic cloth, such as nylon

Tape recorders

Telephones

Tennis rackets

Tents

Tires

Toilet seats

Toothbrushes

Toothpaste

Toys

Transparent tape

Trash bags

TV cabinets

Typewriter ribbons

Umbrellas

Unbreakable dishes

Upholstery

Vacuum bottles

Varnishes

Vinyl siding

Vitamin Capsules

VCR Tapes

Water pipes

Yarn

 

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 Crude Oil needed for 90% of household products.

Henry Gorham Author of Secotan Copyright © 2009 Henry Gorham www.henrygorham.com