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Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers

  • Written by André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology
Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizersDisruptions to crude oil transport could affect more than fuel supply chains. AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File

Tensions in the Middle East often trigger concerns about rising gasoline prices. But disruptions to oil supplies could affect much more than the cost of filling up a car. That’s because crude oil is not only burned as fuel. It is also the...

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