It would be a better world to live in, that's for sure.
Most countries use petroleum (in cars) and natural gas (in cooking stoves).
To create a weapon the likes that the world has never seen.
Oil and Petroleum use is very efficient.
Yes but a&d ointment works better in early healing.
If you do not have plain petroleum jelly, Bacitracin can work. It is just an antibiotic with a petroleum base. However, a very large jar of petroleum is only a couple of dollars. You might be better off to wait and pick some up.
Synthetic oil works better in some engines than does petroleum-based oil. Nylon is synthetic.
Petroleum was turned into Kerosene for use in lanterns and stoves
It decreases petroleum's availability
Petroleum is the raw material for the petrochemical industry or it is used as fuel.
Yes. You can still farm without it, but even the Amish use fertilizers.
any job that employs the use of petroleum, petroleum based products.
The US does use it's own petroleum sources. It doesn't produce enough for it's own demands. Petroleum exported by the US is not in as high a demand within the US.