AMSOIL Environmental Information
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Innovation, Efficiency & Solutions
Our
mechanized society cannot function
without lubricants. The dilemma is
that oil is both necessary for our
life style and potentially
destructive to nature. Quite simply,
we must select innovative, efficient
products that will help solve our
pollution problems.
The introduction of AMSOIL synthetic
motor oil in 1972 set all new
standards for motor oil quality.
AMSOIL lubricants are 100%
synthetic. They are specially
designed to protect engine
components, reduce emissions, last
longer, reduce fuel consumption and
prevent environmental pollution.
From the beginning, AMSOIL synthetic
motor oils have out performed
conventional petroleum motor oils on
all counts.
AMSOIL synthetic motor oils resist
chemical breakdown and sludging that
keeps engines cleaner. They have
been specially designed not to
oxidize, volatilize or shear back,
resulting in a motor oil that lasts
longer than conventional petroleum
motor oils. While petroleum motor
oil manufacturers recommend oil
changes every 3,000 miles, AMSOIL
synthetic motor oils protect engine
components up to 35,000 miles or 1
year, dramatically extending oil
change intervals.
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Each year, it
is estimated U.S. Citizens
dump more than 240,000,000
gallons of oil down sewers
or into landfills. If you
use petroleum oil and drain
your oil every 3,000 miles,
you will use about 40 quarts
of oil (over 25,000 miles) -
enough to fill up a
10-gallon aquarium. By using
AMSOIL, you can cut that
consumption down to almost
zero.
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AMSOIL Prescription for Prevention
According to
the U.S Department of Energy'
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 that can reduce
the source of motor oil pollution
more than eleven times.
Consider this: in 1993 an estimated
189.5 million motorized vehicles
were on the road in the United
States alone, and an estimated 700
million motorized vehicles were in
operation throughout the world. If,
by petroleum oil manufacturer's
recommendations, these vehicles have
their oil changed every 3,000 miles
on an average five-quart system,
almost 1 billion quarts of used oil
will be generated each month.
So are we drowning in oil? It is
estimated at present 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.
How dangerous is used oil? Just one
quart 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,
use 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
the United States Department of
Energy seems to agree.
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Amount of Waste Oil in the U.S.:
Picture two
columns of trucks occupying both
lanes of a highway stretching from
Los Angeles to New York City - all
filled with 55-gallon drums of dirty
oil. That's how much oil will be
drained if all the cars (excluding
trucks, buses, and taxis) in the
U.S. change oil every 3,000 miles
over the course of 100,000 miles.
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Where Does All The
Used Oil Go?
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- 40% is dumped on the
ground or down the
sewer.
- 20% is thrown out
with the trash, ending
up in landfills.
- 6% is burned.
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- 19% is reused for
miscellaneous purposes.
- 14% is recycled.
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Prevent 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 135
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, 11.4
billion to 23.3 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 you put 22.3
billion quarts of used oil into
55-gallon barrels and loaded them
onto semi-trucks, a line of trucks
would stretch end-to-end from Los
Angeles to Washington D.C. and back
to Los Angeles.
To Say It Another Way, AMSOIL
Reduces Oil Use In The Crankcase by
80% to 90%! A REAL solution -- not
talk -- for those who are serious
about a "green solution."
AMSOIL Solutions
For nearly
three decades, AMSOIL Inc. has been
recognized as the leader in
synthetic lubrication technology.
AMSOIL was the first to introduce a
synthetic motor oil qualified by the
American Petroleum Institute, the
first to recommend
25,000-mile/1-year drain intervals,
the first to recommend
35,000-mile/1-year drain intervals,
and the first to implement a system
for dramatically increasing drain
intervals with oil analysis. Decades
of research, laboratory analysis and
millions of engine miles have kept
AMSOIL the leader in automotive
applications for synthetic
lubrication. Although the results
have paid off in maximizing
efficiency and minimizing waste,
they are not conclusive. AMSOIL is
the leader in synthetics and with
continued research, analysis and
product development, will remain the
industry's leader.
Looking Toward the Future
In 1983
AMSOIL created the TRI-GARD system.
The life of a lubricant is dependent
on the quality of oil and the
filtration system's ability to keep
it clean. The AMSOIL TRI-GARD system
incorporates AMSOIL Synthetic Motor
Oil, the AMSOIL Foam Air Filter, the
AMSOIL By-Pass Filter and oil
analysis to dramatically extend the
oil change interval. Less oil
changed means less oil disposal and
less oil pollution.
With regards to the environment, the
AMSOIL Tri-Gard System is the most
technologically sound,
environmentally friendly motor oil
program to reduce oil disposal.
The AMSOIL Commitment
As our world
strengthens its environmental
policies and grapples with pollution
issues, the ecological wisdom of
using synthetic lubricants becomes
obvious AMSOIL synthetic lubricants
becomes obvious. AMSOIL synthetic
motor oils outlast regular
petroleum-base oils by as much as
eleven times. These remarkably long
drain intervals help ease the
world's waste-disposal problem;
users of synthetics simply have much
less oil and fewer plastic
containers to deal with. The
combined use of AMSOIL motor oil,
air and oil filters and engine oil
analysis has now made one-fill,
zero-waste lubrication a reality.
The superior lubricity of AMSOIL
products means much less friction,
drag and wear on critical engine
parts. The resulting improvement in
fuel efficiency and reduction of
emission levels contribute to the
conservation of natural resources
and protection of the atmosphere.
Additionally, AMSOIL has made the
technology of biodegradability a top
research priority, with encouraging
recent successes.
AMSOIL INC. is determined to meet
the challenge of the lubrication
industry's environmental
responsibilities head on. Our
long-standing quality products lead
the way to a greener, healthier
planet for the next generation.
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A Note From the Founder of AMSOIL
This might
sound strange coming from the
founder and CEO of an oil company,
but we at AMSOIL can't be happier
about the nation's stronger
commitment to cleaning up the
environment. It means that we're
taking our first steps toward an
ecological future that will benefit
generations to come.
Another reason for our happiness is
that we are among a tiny fraction of
manufacturers who have a product
that nestles very nicely into the
next millennia of environmental
products. We manufacture very high
quality synthetic lubricants - high
quality not only be ause we want
them to be, but in a field dominated
by corporate giants, quality is
imperative. It's the only way we can
survive.
It's a wonderful characteristic of
our synthetic oils that they outlast
regular oils by as much as eight
times. In fact, with proper
filtrations and oil analysis, our
oils have gone 100,000 miles or more
without draining.
For the environment, long drain
intervals mean less waste disposal,
less used oil finding its way into
sewers and landfills, less oil
purchases and fewer plastic
containers to deal with (ours do
have the recycle symbol for easy
waste management). And we've shown
our oils reduce fuel and oil
consumption, as well as emissions.
Selling a product in the 1990s that
reduces pollution is not a bad way
to make a living. We think that
we're a small - but important - part
of the solution, and being part of
the solution is just fine!
The paradox here is that in this
case environmentalism and oil do
mix. At AMSOIL, we hope our
commitment to quality benefits you
in even more important ways than
just saving time and money; we hope
it will benefit generations to come.
And that's good news for our friends
to come, like the little guy in the
photo - my grandson, Danny.
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Albert J.
Amatuzio
Founder & President |
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