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The environmental impact of using oil includes the impact from the searching, drilling, pumping, refining and transporting the oil before the end user gets it.
The environmental impact of the oil industry includes the land use, waste management and groundwater and air pollution from the production and refining process. Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and other harmful gases and waste materials are produced. The oil may be transported vast distances by tanker and pipeline, adding to its impact on the environment. Accidents such as oil spills cause additional damage to the ecology.
And the end user then usually burns it, adding more carbon dioxide to our greenhouse gas layer and contributing to global warming.
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