What are advantages of using petroleum?
The answers you have gotten so far are right. Petroleum is an energy source that is currently without proper replacement in modern life. It is one of the lightest, most compact, (and even after gas price run-ups) the cheapest source for power we have. If we include petroleum to include its related products (other hydrocarbons), besides gasoline and similar products, you add natural gas, propane, butane, etc, as well heavy lubricating oils. Petroleum and its related products are used to make plastics, roadways, tires, lifesaving drugs, textiles (clothes), explosives… the list goes on and on. Here is a link to the department of energy website in the US that talks a great deal about petroleum. http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/infosheets/p… Petroleum products are hydrocarbons, they consist of a number of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms, and usually form a chain. You can’t get these chemicals anywh
