Oil

consumption continues to rise from millions of automobiles put on the road each year. The industry has changed only to meet economic needs. But, we still haven’t solved the main problem: What can we use as an alternate power source that wont pollute the world?

The industry doesn't want to solve the problem. The combustion engine just keeps being refined enough to be in compliance with law. The fact is that we are still using petroleum products in an industry that is growing by leaps and bounds all over the world. Only during the past few decades have the worlds industrial leaders realized that the world’s supply of petroleum is limited and that it is having an impact on the environment. Consumers continue to demand better and faster automobiles giving the industry more of an excuse not to change and ignore the problem. The EPA has helped by mandating more efficient cars that use less fuel and produce less pollution.

Although environmentalist with Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) have recognized the problem, they have been slow to get strict standards passed through legislation. Everything from gasoline, lubricants, paints and plastics are made from petroleum, and are used in our automobiles. This can be easily done by an industry that carries a big wallet. They do this by buying the copy rights or paying people not to produce the products. People are making billions of dollars every year selling petroleum products that feed our transportation industry. With stricter pollution standards hovering over combustion engines, they continue trying to perfect hundred year old technology.