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Nearly everything in our lives is made from oil, made by machinery and systems dependent on oil, or transported with oil, including:

Ammonia
Anesthetics
Antihistamines
Artificial limbs
Artificial grass
Antiseptics
Aspirin
Automotive Parts
Awnings
Balloons
Ballpoint pens
Bandages
Beach umbrellas
Boats
Cameras
Candles
Car battery cases
Carpets
Caulking
Combs
Cortisones
Cosmetics
Crayons
Credit cards
Curtains
Deodorants
Detergents
Dice
Disposable nappies
Dolls
Dyes
Eyeglasses
Electrical wiring insulation
Fishing rods
Fishing line
Fishing lures
Food preservatives
Food packaging
Garden hose
Glue
Hair colouring
Hair curlers
Hand lotion
Hearing aids
Heart valves
Ink
Insect repellant
Insecticides
Lino
Lipstick
Milk jugs
Nail polish
Oil filters
Pantyhose
Perfume
Petroleum jelly
Rubber cement
Rubbing alcohol
Shampoo
ShavingCream
Shoes
Tap washers
Toothpaste
TrashBags
Upholstery
Vitamin capsules
Water pipes
Yarn

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