Humans have been dealing with oil all their lives. What are they?

This should be no suspense, and it consumes most of the oil. 72% oil is used to make all kinds of fuels: diesel and gasoline in cars, and fuels used by vehicles such as airplanes and ships.

2. Plastic

Plastic refers to a plastic (flexible) material with high molecular weight synthetic resin as the main component and appropriate additives, such as plasticizer, stabilizer, antioxidant, flame retardant, lubricant and colorant. Or a rigid material formed by curing and crosslinking.

3. Asphalt

Asphalt, also known as asphalt, is a product of petroleum processing, and there are also naturally occurring asphalt. The total length of paved roads in the world exceeds 6.5438+0.7 million kilometers. You can imagine how much asphalt is consumed!

4. clothes

The fabrics we see from clothing labels, such as polyester, acrylic and nylon, are all synthetic fibers produced by petroleum. Among textile fibers, the proportion of chemical fibers is close to 3/4, while the proportion of natural fibers is only14, and more than 90% of chemical fiber products depend on oil, so think about it, how much oil will you "wear" in your life?

5. Synthetic rubber

Synthetic rubber has high elasticity, high temperature resistance and low temperature resistance, and is widely used in industry and agriculture, national defense, transportation and daily life. Synthetic rubber exists in shoes, sports equipment, tires, wires and cables and other things that can be seen everywhere in our lives, and oil is the main raw material for making synthetic rubber.

6. Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical industry is really inseparable from oil. Regardless of indirect consumables, such as plastic for packaging, even drugs themselves depend on oil. For example, benzene, many medicines are extracted from benzene, and benzene is extracted from petroleum. The progress of modern medicine is also inextricably linked with petrochemical technology. In addition, petroleum products are also used in artificial limbs, artificial organs, medical X-rays and their therapeutic solutions.

7. Cleaning supplies

Without oil, our life would be dirty. Many cleaning products we use are petroleum products, such as detergents, shampoos, shower gels, soaps and so on. , all contain petroleum derivatives.