Oil! What is it good for?

When most people talk about their petroleum consumption on a daily basis, they are almost undoubtedly speaking about their cars. I’m a cyclist, so I’m home free, right? Right?!

Okay… not quite. Oil is EVERYWHERE. It heats houses, powers electronic and manufacturing machines, and goes directly into plastics. The clincher is : Its in our food. That is actually an understatement, most of our food is actually drenched in oil. From fertilizers, to the energy for processing, to the plastic packaging and the way its transported, our diets are highly dependent on petroleum.

To investigate this matter further, my History 106 class is required to document “the oil we eat” by examining the packaging, processing and transport of the food that we eat on a regular day.

TUNE IN FRIDAY for a documentation of my strange eating habits, and a brief history of the petroleum that fuels them!