This average meal uses up to 17 times more petroleum products, and increases carbon dioxide emissions by the same amount, compared to an entirely local meal. (thetyee.ca)
That CO2 is then compressed into a liquid and given to another company, Linde, for sale; potential users range from the makers of carbonated beverages, such as Coca - Cola, to oil firms that use it to flush more petroleum out of declining deposits. (scientificamerican.com)
Amazing new seismic, deepwater, deep drilling, hydraulic fracturing and other technologies have led to discoveries of huge new reserves of oil and natural gas — and enabled companies to extract far more petroleum from reservoirs once thought to have been depleted. (townhall.com)