Monday, May 7, 2012

All About Gasoline!


1.45,000 barrels of gasoline a day are used in the united states; 869 million gallons of gasoline are consumed worldwide per day. On average, Wisconsin uses 900 barrels of gasoline a day.
2. Gasoline is used in any type of oil engine that burns fuel.  Crude oil is a liquid containing hydrocarbons (molecules made from only hydrogen and carbon) that forms in organic- or fossil-rich sediments and rocks.
3. Gasoline is non renewable in our lifetime. 
4. Energy is extracted by burning in the piston chamber and creating a explosion.
5. Crude oil is drilled from all over the world underground, mostly in water.
6. The negative part of using oil is that it pollutes the atmosphere. 
7. It helps us get around quickly and add money the economy. 
8. Crude oil to gasoline its verry expensive and to use.
9. It does not really have any noises you can hear because it's mostly drilled in large water areas. 
10. Oil is used in heating and transportation, to place to place.
11. Three fun facts about oil is that it burnes on top of water, you can get addicted to it, and nothing lives in it.


Bibliography

CliffsNotes.com. Energy Resources. 7 May 2012
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Horton, Jennifer. "Is the United States addicted to gasoline? ." howstuffworks. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2012. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/us-gas-addiction.htm>.


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