Petrol

Today oil closed at slightly more then $130 a barrel and everyone is worried about the effect it will have on the price of gasoline. Unfortunately, there are other things that we should be worried about:

• Plastics.
• Anything made from plastics.
• Surgery (think of all those plastic tubes they stick in you).
• Lubricants.
• Anything manufactured using machines that use lubricants.
• Fertilizer.
• Food.
• Roads.
• Electricity.
• Airline tickets.
• Bus fares due to fuel costs, parts costs and lubricant costs.
• Shipping costs due to fuel costs, parts costs and lubricant costs.
• Packaging costs (what do you think Styrofoam peanuts are made from?
• Paint.
• Printed materials (presses need lubricants.)

The list goes on and on.

Petroleum is used for far more things then just fuel, and when petroleum costs more so does anything it is used for.

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