Environmental impact of the petroleum industry | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-02

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00:00:53 1 Issues
00:01:02 1.1 Toxicity
00:04:06 1.2 Exhaust
00:05:32 1.2.1 Acid rain
00:06:44 1.3 Climate change
00:08:22 1.4 Oil spills
00:09:54 1.5 Volatile organic compounds
00:10:25 1.6 Waste oil
00:11:12 2 Mitigation
00:11:21 2.1 Conservation and phasing out
00:13:12 2.2 Substitution of other energy sources
00:15:18 2.3 Use of biomass instead of petroleum
00:16:12 2.4 Safety measures
00:17:02 3 See also



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Petroleum is one of the main sources of energy in the World. Petroleum and its by-products are used to fuel various forms of transportation, industry and domestic electricity use. Petroleum is also used to manufacture plastics which provides products essential for daily life. Also, petroleum has helped create many products like cosmetics, tyres (rubber) pesticides etc. Over the years there has been increased concerns over the environmental effects of the petroleum industry. The environmental impacts of petroleum are mainly negative. This is due to the toxicity of petroleum which contributes to air pollution, acid rain, and various illnesses in humans. Petroleum also fuels climate change, due to the increased greenhouse gas emissions in its extraction, refinement, transport and consumption phases.