Oil

﻿oil!﻿ __The history of oil __
Because of oil we can move from place to place faster and easier. Oil is a very helpful, but it hurts our environment. You or your parents use oil, you either use it in your cars or when you ride a plane. Oil has been used for 5,000 to 6,000 years. The Assyrians and Babylonians were the first to use oil. The ancient Egyptians used oil for wounds and lamps that provided light. In 1859 Edwin Drake was the first to dig for oil in the U.S.A. Almost 125 million barrels were used in the U.S a year. Now in days over a million barrels of oil are used per day. There is two downfalls to oil, it pollutes the air and is a nonrenewable resource. Sometimes there are oil spills in the ocean when we are transporting it to different countries. Oil all started when it formed in the bottom of lakes,seas,and oceans over millions of years ago. They form from plants and dinosaurs that died long ago. John D. Rockyfeller was the first billionaire because of oil. The worlds longest pipeline was in america reaching around 200,000 mile. There is two ways to get oil one is straight from the ground and the other is from the seabeds. Some sciencist think that tiny diatoms are the source of oil. Diatoms are sea creatures that are the size of a pin head. Here is a link to more history on oil []

__pros and cons﻿ ﻿ __ The pros to oil is that it is very easy to get from place to place faster than any other product. A con to oil is it is a non-renewable and it pollutes air. One day oil will soon run out. Also a pro is that the top of roads are made from oil and also we use it to make plastic. These are only two of the thousandss of products made by oil. We also use it to make electricity. Many of large trucks, planes, and trains use diesel fuel. Oil can also be used in thousand of other stuff such as plastic. Our country would not work right if we didnt have oil. Another con is that plastics are made of oil if we don't recycle it, it makes oil run out faster.

by max and seth