A recent article in Industry Week pointed out that a recent report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants. More specifically, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) reported that 90% of toxic pollutants in North America came from fifteen industries, with over 25% coming from the U.S. Petroleum Industry. We need to extract cleaner, refine cleaner, and burn cleaner.
Because, when you combine this with the fact that global shipping is responsible for almost 4% of all climate change emissions worldwide, things get scary. So next time you get to choose a power source, choose a clean one. Once carbon credits take effect, it will be cheaper in the long run.