Here is a very, *very* short list of petroleum products.

I found these just from 2 different sites. There are probably thousands more, but for anyone who doesn't think an oil shortage will affect them, or who thinks that it will only affect gasoline prices, this should be a small eye-opener.

Look at this list and then look at everything around you. How many of those items could be manufactured today if oil was not available? If you don't want to go through the entire list, simply consider that plastics can't be manufactured without petroleum.

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http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/classes/phys301/lecture4/sld053.htm
http://www.traeger.com/prodpetr.html

Gasoline
Jet fuel
Solvents
Kerosene
Heating oil
Diesel fuel
Fuel oil
Asphalts
Ethylene
Propylene
Butylene
Aromatics
Propane
Ethane
Naptha
Ammonia
Methanol
Anti-freeze
Polyester
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) phenol
Acetone
Clear polymers
Adipic acid
Nylon
Plastics
Styrene
Synthetic rubber
Detergents
Tires
Paints
Resins
Nitric acid
Fertilizers
Explosives
Food & feed additives
Insulation
Vinyl
Caulking
Adhesives
Sealers
Furniture fabrics
Carpeting
Wallpaper
20 major synthetic fibres used in clothing
Polyester car & truck bodies
Acrylic paints
Car bumpers
Hoses
Traffic lights
Road signs
Antihistamines
Decongestants
Anti-hypertensive drugs
Analgesics (aspirin)
Toothpaste
Cosmetics
Abrasive
Air Compressors
Backflow Preventers
Band-It Products
Bearings & Brushes
Boiler Components
Bolt & Gasket Sets
Chemicals
Clamps
Cocks
Compounds & Paints
Condenser Components
Connectors
Controls
Control Fluids - All Applications
Couplings
Filtration Equipment
Fire Fighting & Prevention Equipment
Fittings - All Types & Materials
Flanges - All Types & Materials
Flow Meters
Gaskets - All Types
Gas Station Pumps, Hoses, Fittings & Nozzles
Gauges
Grating
Hangers
Lubrication Equipment
Machine Tools
Measuring Products
Meters
Packing, Seals & Gaskets
Pipe - All Types & Materials
Pipe Fittings - All Types & Materials
Pipe Hangers
Pipe Joint Compound
Pumps
PVC Fittings & Valves
PVC Supplies
Safety Clothing & Equipment
Ship Fenders
Signage, Labeling, Tabs & Name Plates
Soldering Products
Steel - All Types
Strainers
Thermometers
Thermowells
Threaded Fittings, Outlets, Rods & Sealants
Tools - All Types (Hand & Power)
Tube Fittings
Tubing-All Types
Vacuum Breakers
Valves-All Types & Materials
Water Gauges
Welding Equipment & Supplies
Wire, Rope, Chain & Rigging


-- Steve Baxter (chicoqh@home.com), January 27, 2000

Answers

Great post Steve! =)

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 27, 2000.

And everything else that is not on this list is probably delivered by truck drivers who are now paying higher fuel costs which must be passed on to you, the consumer.

-- Susie (Susie0884@aol.com), January 27, 2000.

Great list!

Now we'll all find out just how interconnected everything is... globally. Or not.

Kind'a think renewable/alternative energy and natural products might experience a resurgent interest.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), January 27, 2000.

ELECTRICITY!!!

-- Bill P (porterwn@one.net), January 27, 2000.

There is NO oil shortage......geez, you guys spew the most ridiculous garbage out.......

Where is the doofus that was predicting $80 per barrel oil within a month.....that was a couple of weeks ago and it's no higher now than it was then.....

Of course he wasn't willing to put his money where his mouth is......

Hey, let's take bets on what the next 'crisis' some folks here will latch onto in a month or two when it is clear that oil isn't going to go much higher......

Perhaps a resurgence in Chemtrail posts?? or will it be flaming asteroids??.....Stay tuned!!

-- Craig (craig@ccinet.ab.ca), January 27, 2000.

Craig:

Please point out exactly where I said there *is* an oil shortage.

-- Steve Baxter (chicoqh@home.com), January 27, 2000.

i agree, great post. but now you've got me wondering. i thought aspirin (a salicylate) came from the bark of a tree. or do we now make "synthetic" aspirin from petroleum????

-- boop (leafyspurge@hotmail.com), January 27, 2000.

Boop:

Hmmm, I think it was willow bark if I recall correctly. But just to show you how full of useless information I am, here is what I found at the following site:

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http://www.aspirin-foundation.com/chemist.htm

Aspirin is prepared by chemical synthesis from salicylic acid, by accetylation with acetic anhydride, using sulphuric acid as a catalyst.

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Yup. I knew that. Couldn't have said it better myself. (BFG)

-- Steve Baxter (chicoqh@home.com), January 27, 2000.

You know, rising oil prices has been shown in numerous urban growth studies to promote urban development and increase business in commonly depressed urban areas. It decreases suburban "brain-drain" as families choose not to live a driving distance away from work, and it has residual effects such as decreases in crime and improvements in small business economics.

Food for thought.

-- Sarcasm (is a subtle@virtue.com), January 27, 2000.

Here's some food for thought:

"The Imminent Peak of World Oil Production"
http://www.hubbertpeak.com/campbell/commons.htm

-- Philip Bogdonoff (pbogdonoff@y2kcenter.org), January 27, 2000.

Even if there is no major Y2K problem in the oil industry, we are still facing serious problems in the future. The following link is for a Forbes article written in 1998 and is worth reading. It supports the idea that we are facing future oil shortages. Forbes Article

-- Dave (dannco@hotmail.com), January 27, 2000.

Cocks? I think that's only in Texas.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 27, 2000.