Originally Posted by doraemonkey

OK, back to the topic at hand: as many posters have mentioned, is eliminating a few drops of light oil really an effective way to ween one's self from the petrochemical industry? Already getting on a bike eliminates a good bit compared to using the car. But there are a lot of a lots of other places that we rely on petrochem. Reduction is good principle, but eliminating it all doesn't make sense.