Dangers of Oil Spills (Article for Environment Awareness magazine) Oil slicks do so much more damage than just the initial havoc we see on the news; the effects can be long lasting. The recent Deep water BP oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico well and truly eclipsed the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and now has the potential of being one of the largest oil spills on record. Latest official estimates state approximately 4.1 million barrels of oil contaminated the
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Measurement in Fats and Oils. Introduction : Vegetable oil is an important and widely used lipid source for our everyday food products. Its application is increasing day by day for food purposes and for the manufacturing of a number of toiletry products. However‚ some vegetable oils are not up to standards to meet consumer satisfaction in terms of their physico-chemical properties or for the texture and stability of the food products (Reyes- Hernandez et al.‚ 2007). Recently‚ palm oil has become the
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News on February 07‚ 2011. The title of the article is “It will take more than rebranding to make tar sands oil ‘ethical’ “. In this article‚ David and Faisal point out the result of extracting oil will cause immense harm especially from the PESTEL perspective. They also warn the government to stop using spin doctors and marketing techniques through re-branding and calling it “Ethical Oil”. After reading quite a few articles on this topic‚ both from the political‚ economic and environmental perspective
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Oil Crisis When thinking about the 1970s‚ many words such as hippy‚ lava lamps‚ and tie-dye come to mind. However‚ there was much more going on during this decade than that. The 1970s‚ for those who lived in it remember having to wait in long lines at gas stations due to gas shortages. This became known as the oil crisis‚ which occurred in 1973 and 1979. Both of these crises caused a recession. As this comes with any recession‚ households and firms became uncertain about the future and weary of
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What happens when oil does peak? by Joel Bainerman Peak oil is often referred to as "Hubberts Peak"‚ a geophysicist who observed that oil well production followed a bell curve. According to the mainstream‚ convention view‚ peak oil is set to occur around 2006-2008. When peak oil occurs‚ production will decline approximately 3% per year at a time where global demand is increasing at 3% per year. What will all this mean for you and me- the average folk? Which industries will suffer the most- and
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The Gulf oil spill exploded on April 20th‚ 2010. It is known as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. 11 people died along with the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oil pipe was leaking oil 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and was estimated of leaking 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The well was located 5‚000 feet beneath the ocean surface. It took them 87 days to finally cap the well. At that point the damage had already been done. Oil reached the shores of Alabama‚
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Oil is a product used by everyone‚ but sometimes oil is a problem. An oil spill is a leakage from an oceangoing tanker‚ pipelines‚ or other oil sources. Oil spills occur very frequently‚ and cause enormous ecological harm. About eight million barrels of oil are spilled each year. Tankers usually carry about five hundred million barrels of oil. Many oil spills‚ large in land or ocean coverage‚ have had major impacts on the earth and it’s inhabitants. Many animals die and some are injured in some way
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The hypothesis for the Oil Absorbency Lab was rejected. My hypothesis was that if a person puts a sponge in materials “crude oil”‚ then it will absorb the most amount of oil. The data collected from this experiment rejected the hypothesis because it stated that the sponge would absorb the most oil‚ but the sponge did not absorb more oil than the rag. The rag and sponge’s ranges were for the first trial was 53.0g‚ the second trial was 51.0g‚ and the third trial was 46.0g and the rag. The rag and
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Palm Oil is a natural commodity that is obtained from the deforestation of tropical rainforests. Palm Oil is found in many products ranging from Soap and detergent‚ to cooking oil and edibles such as chocolate; it can also be used as biodiesel for automobiles. Though the uses of Palm Oil ranges for over half of everyday consumer products; the use of the oil carries many detrimental and concerning issues in the Environmental aspect. The article pertaining to the topic of Palm Oil; reveals the negative
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Title: Oil‚ Fire and Crayons Abstract: This study tries to find out the possibility of the used cooking oil as an additive component of candle. This study aims to produce a low-priced but high-quality candle by using used cooking oil as a major component. The following materials: 500 mL used cooking oil‚ 1 kg paraffin wax‚ cotton thread cut into 5 inches long‚ serves as‚ wick‚ crayons in different colors ‚a can (like the can of century tuna)‚ beaker‚ barbecue stick‚ plastic molder. We conducted
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