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That chart seems odd. From what I'm aware of, not all parts of "oil" are used for the same thing. E.g. before the internal combustion engine, gasoline was an
by sbov 10y ago
That chart seems odd. From what I'm aware of, not all parts of "oil" are used for the same thing. E.g. before the internal combustion engine, gasoline was an unwanted byproduct of creating kerosene, and was usually dumped into the environment by refiners.
- maxerickson 10y agoModern refineries work a lot harder to shift their output towards the most valuable markets. Look at all the steps with some output to gasoline on the right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery#Flow_diagram_of_typical_refinery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery#Flow_diagram_of_t...