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How does a plant become oil?

Call Number

  • J 553.282 TAGL (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, c2010.

Physical Description

32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Contents

  • Oil from plants
  • Tiny food "factories"
  • From mud to rocks
  • Energy from the sun
  • Past uses of oil
  • Digging deep
  • Oil!
  • What is crude oil?
  • At the refinery
  • Crude oil products
  • From gasoline to energy
  • Running low?
  • Future fuels