From: "Jeff Shultz" 

17 million gallons of oil daily according to my chemistry textbook. 16
million of which pretty much gets converted straight into heat and CO2. The
remaining million ends up as plastic.

"Richard Hong"  wrote in message
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> >> Even at a doubling of cost, gas represents a tiny portion of our
> spending.
>
> Bill,
>
> But you are forgetting that it impacts everything we buy because of
> transportation costs.  We spend more on fuel than you realize; think in
> terms of the aggregate amount of fuel consumed by the U.S.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
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