oil

10% of U.S. oil usage goes into making plastic. 10%! I know that plastic has made much of the modern world possible. It's lightweight, strong, and can be molded into just about any shape. We are currently importing 55% of our oil. If current trends continue that should approach 70% within a decade. Outside of the plastic that has been burned (which releases a myriad of toxins into the air) all of the plastic ever made is still on the planet. World wide, the bottling industry uses close to 100 million barrels of oil a year. 100,000,000 barrels. That's just in the product itself. That doesn't include shipping. And really, the amount should also include the oil used for the workers to drive to the factory. All of this is just to say that there should probably some discussion of all of the uses of oil, and not just for transportation and heating.