OilBy Eero Bamberger

Oil is nonrenewable.

It takes millions of years to make oil.

Facts of Oil

Oil is formed by plants and animals that died millions and millions of years ago.

They have big machines called oil rigs to get oil out of the ground.

Most people get oil to get money. Oil can form acid rain.

We use oil to power transportation.

Cars, planes, boats, helicopters, motorcycles, trucks and tractors. Gasoline is from crude oil. 42 gallons of oil makes 19 gallons of gasoline.

We use oil to power up lights.

We use oil to make stuff.

Sometimes if we spill oil, it can hurt our environment.

We can reduce the amount of oil we use.

We can walk and bike instead of using transportation that uses oil.

We can reduce the amount of oil we use.

We can turn off lights.

We can reduce the amount of oil we use.

We can recycle plastic.