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Products from Oil

Environmental Issues.

1) Extraction and Transport of Oil causes Pollution

2)Fossil fuels are burnt on a huge scale.
Global Warming   -   Greenhouse Gases   -   Acid Rain   -   Particles

3) High Temperature Combustion
Petrol and diesel engines   -   Catalytic Converters

4) Alternatives to Fossil Fuels.

5) Disposal of polymers is a problem (see previous page).

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