What Is Crude Oil?
The petroleum we pump out of the ground turns into a range of useful things: fuel for all forms of transportation, a key ingredient in plastics, and more.
Alexis Madrigal,
The Atlantic's senior technology editor, takes a look at the chemistry of crude oil in the two-minute video above, explaining the process of distilling one barrel, gallon by gallon. Animated by
Lindsey Testolin, this clip is part of a six-part video series in The User's
Guide to
Energy special report.
Alexis Madrigal:
http://www.theatlantic.com/alexis-madrigal/
Lindsey Testolin: http://www.lindseytestolin.com/
Story: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/
2013/08/whats-in-crude-oil-and-how-do-we-use-it/278645/
Atlantic Video: http://www.theatlantic.com/video