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Show st Energy Shortage II Cring In The Future The energy shortage will eventually affect more than just gasoline for transportation and fuel for electricity. Petroleum shortages could also mean the disappearance of many essential medical supplies. Petrochemicals are the building blocks of such medicine chest items as aspirin, as-pirin, petroleum jelly, rubbing alcohol, cough syrup, antibiotics and antihistamines. PLASTICS ARE derived from petrochemicals and used to make artificial heart valves, syringes, catheters, intravenous in-travenous tubing and oxygen masks. The energy shortage shor-tage could cause a medical crisis. Conserve. |