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Petroleum Uses - Articles
Uses of Petroleum Jelly
by
Niyaprakash
Posted
Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:45pm
Moisturize your lips and more
If you don't want to pay a lot for expensive lip balm, makeup remover, or even facial moisturizer, then your answer is a tube of petroleum... of your favorite shade of eye shadow. What do you do now? It's easy -- make your own. Add a bit of food coloring to petroleum jelly and apply as usual. This is a quick way to make
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10 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Petroleum Dependence
by
Dr. Mary Kearns, PhD
Posted
Sun 14 Sep 2008 10:15am
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There are many more ways that you can reduce the amount of petroleum you use. Here is a partial list of consumer items made from petroleum found on Ranken-energy.com (it contains 144 items, and they state that are over 6000). Use this as a guideline for brainstorming additional ways that you can cut down on your petroleum habit.
Resources:
* Aveda has a full line of body
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Petroleum Jelly as Penis Enlarger
by
Anthony R.
Posted
Fri 05 Dec 2008 8:37pm
1 Comment
is a collection of solid heavier products like crude oil. It is used in industrial or mechanized lubrication of moving parts and vacuum systems.
But petroleum jelly can also be used...
There have been scattered but numerous reports and talk in the country that some men and even teens found another use for petroleum jelly – and that is to enlarge
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petroleum based products
by
Amy ..
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 9:30am
As I've been making an effort to green our home and life, I find myself wanting to avoid plastics and other petroleum based products where possible.
First I cleared them out of the tupperware drawer and switched to glass. Sippy cups switched to metal. I also reduced my use of plastic bags. I even find myself wanting to choose more natural toys
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8 Products You Did Not Know Were Made From Oil or Petroleum
by
Linda Anderson
Posted
Sat 06 Jun 2009 12:04am
1 Comment
to it is often a petroleum product. I checked my Seventh Generation detergent and it contains coconut surfactant. Method is another brand that does not use petroleum based surfactants... of fruits and vegetables – This is sprayed on the fruits and vegetables to make them look healthy and shiny. The wax is a petroleum product. I do not need this kind of treatment
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Got Petroleum...On your fruit? ewwww
by
Dana
Posted
Wed 17 Mar 2010 12:00am
http://www.feingold.org/PF/taylorsmice.html
Here's another science experiment for those interested. I've posted it here before but thought it needed a refresher.
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Petroleum Is Poison
by
Corbett K.
Posted
Wed 09 Jun 2010 8:00am
of square miles of beautiful seascape, it is vitally important that we focus on the larger question. Nothing good comes from burning fossil fuels, especially petroleum, for energy. Petroleum is poison.
We poison ourselves when we mine petroleum. We poison ourselves when we ship it. We poison ourselves when we refine it into any number of liquid fuels. Worst
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Film Crude Reminds Us of True Cost of Petroleum
by
Corbett K.
Posted
Wed 03 Mar 2010 7:00am
Since this is a global warming blog, it should come as no surprise that I perceive of petroleum in terms of its effect on the climate of our lovely planet. Such a perception, of course, is important. However, the process of delivering petroleum fuels to our local pumping station is complex and highly polluting.
Worse still, it is easy
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Breathe In Any Petroleum Lately?
by
Karen H.
Posted
Thu 09 Apr 2009 5:24pm
seven percent of the crude oil used in the United States goes into the manufacturing of other products with which we come in contact everyday.
Derivatives of petroleum and crude oil are in our clothing, cosmetics, shampoos, detergents, perfumes, paints, plastics, pesticides, and - most significant of all, our FOOD.
We eat, breathe, and surround
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