Petroleum. An oil refinery in Mina-Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait The use of fossil fuels such as petroleum has a negative impact on Earth's biosphere, releasing pollutants and greenhouse gases into the air and damaging ecosystems through events such as oil spills.
Concern over the depletion of the earth's finite reserves of oil, and the effect this would have on a society dependent on it, is a concept known as peak oil. Etymology[edit] The word petroleum comes from Greek: πέτρα (petra) for rocks and Greek: ἔλαιον (elaion) for oil.
Job Project Management. ACENZ / IPENZ / CIBSE. Ministry of Education. Building Code & Regs. Sustainability. Electrical. Mechanical. Plumbing & drainage.