About 46% of each barrel of crude oil is refined into automobile
gasoline.
In the US and Canada an average of 3 gallons of crude oil are
consumed per person each day
The US uses 66 billion gallons of diesel and 120 billion gallons
of gasoline per year.
The amount of fuel consumed in family vehicles in the United
States each year is enough to cover a regulation-size football
field to a depth of approximately 40 miles.
The 186 Billion gallons of fuel we use every year in the US is
equal to an area of 1,545 square miles, 3 inches deep. This
means that we flood the equivalent of Rhode Island's entire
1,545 square miles with petroleum 3" deep and set the whole
state on on fire every year. This has got to have a major impact
on our environment.
Product
Refined Gallons/Barrel
Gasoline
19.3
Distillate Fuel
Oil (Inc. Home Heating and Diesel Fuel)
