consumers. The nonrenewable resource that once made up almost all materials

and products no longer exists. Petroleum was the source of petrochemicals.

Petrochemicals include plastics, alcohol, medicines, sweeteners, perfumes,

dyes, and explosives, just to name a few (ChemCom, 175). Although wood,

hydropower, coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear fission are other alternate

forms of energy, petroleum was the most widely used source (ChemCom, 191).

Fortunately, scientists and chemist have found alternative sources to

petroleum to serve as a replacement to petrochemicals and energy sources

Sixty percent of petroleum usage went towards transportation. Cars are

the main consumers of such amounts. This is because cars need oil and oil

of Kerogen. Vehicles are also being converted into dual-fuel vehicles, using

only disadvantage to this form of oil is that in order to be extracted, huge

called kerogen from oil shale, which is a form of rock. Kerogen is partially

alternative to petrochemicals. All carbon compounds made from petroleum can be obtained through the correct chemical reactions from coal, water, and air (ChemCom, 226). The only thing stopping the majority of coal's usage is the

amounts of shale must be processed in order to get only a fractional amount

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