Amsoil is The Right Choice for the Environment

AMSOIL PRESCRIPTION
FOR PREVENTION
According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pollution Prevention
Requirements, the first step in revitalizing a cleaner nation is pollutant
source reduction.
AMSOIL accomplishes this by extending the interval between
motor oil changes which can reduce the source of motor oil pollution
more than 11 times.
It is estimated that over 240 million gallons of oil are improperly discarded
annually. Dumping 240 million gallons of oil is nearly the
same as two Exxon Valdez spills each month. Just one quart of
used oil can produce a two-acre oil slick. One gallon of oil can make
one million gallons of water too foul to drink and 35 ppm of oil will kill
fish. Improperly disposed used oil is dangerous.
Improperly dumped used oil seeps through landfills into ground
water, disrupts bacterial digestion in sewer treatment plants and
washes into lakes and harbors. At present, used motor oil is the
largest single source of oil pollution in our nation’s waterways. Certainly
the first thing we can do is not create so much used oil to begin with,
and recycle the used oil we have. Both synthetic and conventional
motor oils can be recycled at any used oil recycling center. Virtually
every city in the United States has multiple used oil collection sites for
free recycling.
PREVENTING BILLIONS OF QUARTS
FROM BEING DUMPED
Most automobile manufacturers recommend oil drain intervals of
3,000 to 6,000 miles for petroleum motor oils. AMSOIL recommends
up to a 35,000-mile oil change which is 5 to 11 times fewer oil
changes. Just think about the savings on the environment if, for
example, the 243 million cars (excluding trucks, buses and taxis)
in the United States were equipped with AMSOIL motor oil.
Assuming an average service-life of 100,000 miles and an oil
capacity of 5 quarts each, 20.2 billion to 40.5 billion quarts of
used oil will be generated during a regular service lifetime (with
regular oil changes every 3,000 to 6,000 miles). If 40.5 billion
quarts of used oil were put into 55-gallon barrels and lined up,
the line would stretch from Los Angeles to Washington D.C.
and back 12 times. Alternatively, if each of those 243 million cars
was equipped with AMSOIL synthetic motor oils and following
oil drain intervals of 7,500 to 35,000 miles, only 3.5 billion to 16.2
billion quarts of oil would be consumed in the same period.
That is a reduction of anywhere from 4 to 37 billion quarts of oil,
just by switching to AMSOIL motor oils.