Oil: For and Against

FOR:

- Is very versatile: it is a very versatile material from which countless items such as plastics, gasoline is extracted, etc.

- Petroleum products: almost all petroleum are used to meet the energy needs of the world.

- Synthetic fertilizers: a high percentage of synthetic fertilizers come from oil.

AGAINST:

- Ecological risk: oil extraction involves a great ecological and environmental risk.

- Acid rain: Acid rain associated with burning oil for the production of nitrogen oxides is generated.

- Safe storage: it is necessary to use a safe for storage of oil in destination space.

- Global warming: the transformation for use causes significant greenhouse effect and global warming increases.

- Pollution: unlike what happens with other types of energy use oil can cause high contamination due to the large amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels

- Exhaustible energy source: unlike renewables about oil is a source of energy that will be exhausted within a few years.

- Transforming raw material: to use oil needs to pass a process of distillation prior to use.

- Highest Price: their preparation is very expensive compared to other types of energy such as renewable energy.