Burning of petroleum gives out about 33% more greenhouse gases

Petroleum is natural oil found among rocks. It is a mixture of hydrocarbons. The crude oil needs to be cleaned through fractional distillation. During distillation, different products can be extracted.

Uses of petroleum in different fields  

These are petroleum gas (used home LPG), petrol (used in vehicles and in industries, namely dry cleaning), diesel (used in vehicles including trains and in generators.), kerosene (primarily used as fuel in the kitchen). The residue left after distillation is distilled again to extract asphalt (the black, sticky substance used to make metal led roads), lubricating oil (used in machines) and paraffin wax (used to make candles and polish).

Petroleum products are easy to transport but an accident oil spill from a tanker on the high seas can destroy the entire marine life in the region. Burning of petroleum gives out about 33 percent more greenhouse gases than given by natural gas. The way out

Sweden is not happy depending on fossil fuels including oil and natural gas. Most of it comes from other countries, for which Sweden has to pay a hefty price. Besides, some of it is lost in transmission or transport. Oil prices are rising. Natural gas oil is becoming a bone of political contention leading to fights among countries.

Burning of fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases. In 2005, the oil department of Sweden decided to encourage use of renewable sources of energy and lessen the use of oil to a minimum, by 2020. Sweden is using water power or hydroelectric energy and nuclear energy instead and will introduce other renewable sources of energy gradually. By 2020, Sweden’s transport system, industries and homes will use about a quarter to half the amount of oil used to day. Sweden is also using wave energy and solar energy. Therefore, many wind farms are being developer there. All these steps will reduce Sweden’s carbon emissions by a whopping amount! If Sweden can do it, so can the rest of the world!