THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GAS AND OIL

THOMAS MIDGLEY, A CHEMIST, WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE IDEA OF INCLUDING LEAD IN GASOLINE

TO PREVENT KNOCKING IN ENGINES. SOME SAY

THIS DISCOVERY IS SINGLE-HANDEDLY RESPONSIBLE

FOR MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAN

ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD

THE PRICE OF GASOLINE IN THE US IS HALF

THE PRICE OF GASOLINE IN THE EU

DURING WORLD WAR I, PLANES USED CASTOR OIL AS

ENGINE LUBRICANT. BECAUSE OF UN-BURNT CASTOR

OIL COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST, PILOTS OFTEN

SUFFERED DIARRHOEA

AMERICA GETS MORE OF ITS OIL FROM CANADA

AND MEXICO THAN IT GETS FROM THE ENTIRE

MIDDLE EAST COMBINED

STATOIL, A NORWEGIAN OIL COMPANY, SOLD ONE

OF THEIR PLATFORMS WITH THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE

"WELL KEPT 20 BEDROOM PLATFORM FOR SALE.

PANORAMA SEA VIEW AND PLENTY OF ROOM FOR

A HELICOPTER."

IN TURKMENISTAN, EVERY DRIVER GETS 120 FREE

LITRES OF GASOLINE PER MONTH

AN AVERAGE SALARY FOR AN OIL RIG WORKER

WAS ABOUT 100,000 USD IN 2011

BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA HAS

19 OIL WELLS ON ITS CAMPUS. THEY EARN THE

SCHOOL ABOUT 300,000 USD PER YEAR

DIESEL ENGINES ARE NAMED AFTER THEIR INVENTOR

AND NOT THE FUEL. IN FACT, ONE OF THE FIRST

FUELS THAT DIESEL ENGINES WERE DESIGNED

TO RUN ON WAS PEANUT OIL!