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Drawbacks:
 While petroleum plays an important part in keeping American society running, there are many drawbacks to heavy dependence on petroleum.

Click each of the following pictures to learn more about the problems facing future petroleum use.


Foreign source dependence



Running out of petroleum



Air, water, and land pollution



     
     
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