Re: [Biofuel] plastic from oil

[Greg and April]

Thanks Diego.   Greg H.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Diego Aguilera To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:14 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] plastic from oil Hi Greg!   Well I googled your question and found this from Cheveron, sorry if I happend to step on any toes. http://www.chevron.com/products/about/elsegundo/about/what_we_do.asp   " (...) Here's what just one barrel of crude oil can produce: Enough liquefied gases (such as propane) to fill 12 small (14.1 ounce) cylinders for home, camping or workshop use. Enough gasoline to drive a medium-sized car (17 miles per gallon) over 280 miles. Asphalt to make about one gallon of tar for patching roofs or streets. Lubricants to make about a quart of motor oil. Enough distillate fuel to drive a large truck (five miles per gallon) for almost 40 miles. If jet fuel fraction is included, that same truck can run nearly 50 miles. Nearly 70 kilowatt hours of electricity at a power plant generated by residual fuel. About four pounds of charcoal briquettes. Wax for 170 birthday candles or 27 wax crayons. There are enough petrochemicals left in that same barrel to provide the base for one of the following: 39 polyester shirts 750 pocket combs 540 toothbrushes 65 plastic dustpans 23 hula hoops 65 plastic drinking cups 195 one-cup measuring cups 11 plastic telephone housings 135 four-inch rubber balls The lighter materials in a barrel are used mainly for paint thinners and dry-cleaning solvents and they can make nearly a quart of one of these products. The miscellaneous fraction of what is left still contains enough by-products to be used in medicinal oils, still gas, road oil and plant condensates -- a real industrial horn of plenty. (...)"   Hope its useful! Cheers!   Diego   On 1/20/06, Greg and April <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My bad for not being more specific in what I'm trying to find.      I am trying to find what percentage of oil ( and oil products ), is used for things like making plastic, asphalt, tar, and the like, and not used directly for fuel.   Greg H.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg and April To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 9:15 Subject: plastic from oil   Perhaps I have not been using the correct search words, but, I have been looking but have not been able to find what percentage of oil goes into making plastics.   Does someone have any idea what it might be?   Greg H. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/

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