palealepizza

A world w/out oil would mean no plane travel, plastics used in all kinds of things from medical devices to the battery case in your Prius, synthetic rubbers/fibers, photographic film, heating oil, and many more. It would be extremely difficult, probably impossible, to live a civilized life in a developed country without using oil.

I'll give you a couple reasons why people seem to be downvoting him: Asphalt on roads and parking lots Roofing shingles and roof coatings Pipe for houses and city water and sewer systems Ink on newspapers and magazines Clothing from synthetic fabrics Parachutes Crayons (TM) Computer cases Computer circuit boards Carpeting Floor covering Floor wax Paint Deodorant Shampoo Styrene which becomes styrofoam (TM) Hardhats and motorcycle helmets Cassette tapes, video tapes Shower enclosures Electrical insulation in buildings and computers Toothpaste Dishwashing soap Household detergent such as Tide (TM) Lipstick Tires Rope Fertilizer used to grow corn and other crops Household ammonia Camera film Candles Adhesive in plywood House paint Car battery cases, computer battery cases, etc Refrigerants used in household refrigerators and commercially Cold cream Glycerin Artificial turf Boats Vitamin capsules Aspirin Pharmaceuticals Fishing lures Soft contact lenses Shaving cream Antitfreeze used in auto cooling systems Antihistamines Petroleum jelly Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides Solvents Fan belts on engines Hand lotion Trash bags and grocery bags Caulking Golf balls Credit cards Furniture Furniture and cabinet coverings such as Formica (TM) Footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, Bandages Tubing used in medical hospitals for blood, fluids, etc. Insect repelant and mosquito netting Computer keyboards Computer mouse Adhesive and packing tape ......

Not sure, but almost anything would be better than reddit.

Of course, but that's not the point. His question stunk of moral superiority when all the OP does is provide you and everyone else on this planet a resource that currently we could not live without. If saywhatagainmfer thinks the OP should feel guilty, then he should feel just as guilty himself. Because it is impossible not to use a byproduct of oil, that keyboard, that mouse, that computer you're using... you feel guilty what your grandkids might say to you about the impacts of your actions on the environment? Self-righteous little shit, completely ignorant of the world around him.

You do realize the UK government is collecting the exact same data.... right?