Furthermore, there are issues with gas flaring, which causes soot in areas where refineries and bigger companies are located. Some of those communities don’t have drinking water and cannot farm because of the level of gas flaring and oil spillage on their land.

OMG that's so sad. I hope we reach a point where we no longer need oil. It's time they invent new things that allow us to stop depending on it and stop polluting, because ultimately we're only hurting ourselves.