A major catastrophe like the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not the only way our environment is affected.  We all realize.  On a local basis, there are several oil disposal facts that makes us realize the coarse consequences to our world.  Wildlife photos….

I hear time after time, drivers do not think there is a benefit to synthetic oil for their vehicles simply because they believe there will be very little increase in fuel economy.

But the fuel economy is only one small part.  I encourage a switch to synthetic oil and lubricants.  A premium oil filtration unit to create less need for oil changes.  Bypass oil filtration units coupled with nanofiber filters and synthetic oil make a difference from now to forever.  And the proper disposal of used oil, even searching out recycling the used oil through community services.

OIL DISPOSAL and OIL SPILL FACTS

• It is estimated that over 240 million gallons of oil are improperly discarded annually.

• Dumping 240 million gallons of oil is nearly the same as two Exxon Valdez spills each month.  That was then, before the BP oil spill in Spring 2010.

• Just one quart of used oil can produce a two-acre oil slick.

• One gallon of oil can make one million gallons of water too foul to drink and 35 ppm of oil will kill fish.

• Improperly disposed used oil is dangerous.

• Improperly dumped used oil seeps through landfills into ground water, disrupts bacterial digestion in sewer treatment plants and washes into lakes and harbors.

• At present, used motor oil is the largest single source of oil pollution in our nation’s waterways.

• Certainly the first thing we can do is not create so much used oil to begin with, and recycle the used oil we have.

• Both synthetic and conventional motor oils can be recycled at any used oil recycling center. Virtually every city in the United States has multiple used oil collection sites for free recycling.

Essa Adams authors the Drive Green Oil Change Blog and the Engine Performance Tips Blog.  See Blogroll for links.  Essa is an advocate for creating the greenest vehicle we can with what we are driving now, not waiting until we can afford the hybrid or electric vehicle.  She believes synthetic for the vehicle and environment is like organic grown food for the body and all the ecological benefits for growning our food naturally.  AMSOIL AGGRAND also offers organic liquid fertilizers…..

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