Here are some interesting trivia question about fuel...
Fuel Trivia
(as of August 2006)
• What percent of U.S. filling stations offer diesel fuel?
• U.S. taxes on gasoline and diesel total about how many cents per gallon?
• The average price of a gallon of gasoline is?
• The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel is?
• The world uses how many million barrels of crude oil every day?
• The U.S. imports nearly how much of its crude oil?
• A barrel of crude oil holds how many gallons?
• A barrel of crude makes how many gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel, heating oil, fuel oil, jet fuel and kerosene?
• The U.S. uses more than how many gallons of gasoline daily?
• How many miles are driven annually in the U.S.?
• Every gallon of gas makes about how many pounds of CO2?
• The average car emits how much CO2 every mile?
• CO2 in the air is increasing how much each year?
• CO2 in the air has increased what percent during the industrial era?
Answers:
42
48
$ 3.05
$ 2.98
75 million
60%
42
19
16
370,000,000
1.4 trillion
20
1 pound
0.5%
30 percent
Between 1970 and 2000 in the U.S.:
• Population is up 38%
• Number of drivers up 70%
• 113,000,000 more vehicles
• Annual vehicle miles up 145%
• Total emissions down 41%
• Emissions per mile down 76%
Source: Mercedes-Benz