The time capsule was discovered behind a plaque at the monument in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood. The sealed box was put behind the plaque, placed in front of a niche to commemorate the monument's centennial, on Defender's Day, Sept. 12, 1915.
OIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Products made from oil (petroleum products) help us do a lot of things. We use them to power our airplanes, cars, and trucks, to heat our houses, and to make things like medicine and plastics.Even though petroleum products make life easier, it is not all good.IL AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Products made from oil (petroleum products) help us do a lot of things. We use them to power our airplanes, cars, and trucks, to heat our houses, and to make things like medicine and plastics.
Oil is Americaâs largest source of energy, accounting for forty percent of Americaâs energy consumption. According to Energy Information Administration data, the U.S. produces about forty percent of the oil it uses. An overwhelming proportion of U.S. crude oil is refined in one of four states: Texas (twenty-two percent), Louisiana (twenty percent), Alaska (twenty percent), and California (eighteen percent).