ANTH 2000W Lecture 6: The Political Chemistry of Oil
5 Dec 2018
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4% of the entire population and we are 25% of the oil consumer. Oil is a stew of hydrocarbons such as methane, benzane rings and sulfates and what not. Oil does not sink it stays on the surface, the toxics float into the water columns. Americans see the oil and have a eureka moment. We feel helpless by the amounts we consume. Bp gas station in los angeles downtown. Look at it at a moral level not an economical one. You do not pay for the oil spills at the pump, you pay for them in taxes on april 15. More money in fuel than on insurance and medical expenses. Focus on the molecules on the oil. You cannot have a green world until we make the amounts of oil smaller.
