Petroleum
Today Ms Vourneen came to class and shared with the Grade 2/ 3's her knowledge of oil and how humans are using it. She also told us about the impact this resource has on the environment.

Many  products can be made from petroleum. Once we use all the oil it will be gone for ever, because it takes million of years to make.  I found it interesting that oil can pollute the air and the oceans.
Amanda

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I found it interesting that plastic is made out of oil. Also that when they are drilling they don't take all the oil from the ground. Because it is more expensive to get the end of the oil well oil than to drill a whole new oil well.
Estela

I found interesting how many people use oil in their daily lives and how we use oil in plastics. When my sisters throw away their plastic water bottles I will ask them to recycle them.
Daniel

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I thought it would take only a month or two to take the oil out of the ground and use it to make plastic, but I found that it can sometimes take up to a year to take out the oil and transport, refine it and then make it into plastic.
Does money have plastic in it?
Moto

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I found interesting that they have special drills that go deep down to get the oil. That they can transport oil in many different ways but the most common is by tanker or pipeline.
Sometimes the oil is very deep down underground but sometimes it can also be shallow. One ton of plastic bags is made from 11 barrels of oil.
Bridie

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I never knew that you could get wave power- tidal energy. I now understand when people say petroleum, gas for the car and oil that they are talking about the same resource. I did not realise how big an oil spill can be and how damaging to the environment they are.  In the Exon Valdez spill in Alaska so many animals were killed or damaged. They still have not fully clearer the problem from the ocean.
Kelly

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