Petroleum conservation: Why Necessary for us? In the past year alone, oil prices got doubled.This has imposed a huge burden on our finances & on the financial resources of oil companies.In the case of oil, nature has not blessed India and the country remains dependent on imports. How To Conserve Petroleum? Curtail wasteful traveling/ driving.Car pooling to work,will not only conserve fuel,but will also improve social relations with your colleagues.The criteria for choosing the vehicle to buy,should be its fuel efficiency.Follow traffic signals to avoid jams.Timely attention, servicing tuning of the vehicle in fuel conservation & emission control is important.Avoid sudden speeding, braking, stopping,clutch riding, idling, over-speeding and over-loading.Try other substitutes too,such as:- CNG, solar power etc.