GAS AND OIL TRIVIA

ALTHOUGH THE US SPENT NEARLY $700 BILLION

IN IRAQ, ALL THE OIL CONTRACTS WERE TAKEN

BY OTHER NATIONS. IN WHAT CAME AS A

SURPRISE TO MANY PEOPLE, AMERICA WAS

JUST ABOUT THE ONLY NATION THAT DIDN'T

BENEFIT FROM IRAQ'S OIL RESERVES

ONE LITRE OF GASOLINE TAKES MORE THAN 23

TONS OF (LONG BURIED) PLANT MATERIAL TO PRODUCE

AN OIL PIPELINE IN ECUADOR HAS LEAKED MORE OIL

INTO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST THAN THE EXXON

VALDEZ OIL SPILL LEAKED INTO THE WATER

AROUND ALASKA

BECAUSE AUSTRALIA WAS HAVING A PROBLEM

WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SNIFFING GASOLINE TO

GET HIGH, THEY BEGAN TO USE OPAL FUEL

(NON-SNIFF ABLE FUEL) IN REMOTE AREAS

DRILLING OIL INVOLVES CUTTING A WHOLE INTO

THE EARTH AND PUMPING AIR INTO IT. ONCE THE

OIL IS HIT IT RUSHES TO THE SURFACE AND

SHOOTS INTO THE SKY

IN THE PAST 25 YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN NEARLY

TWO DOZEN OIL SPILLS IN AMERICA ALONE

VENEZUELA HAS THE LARGEST OIL RESERVES IN

THE WORLD WITH NEARLY 300 BILLION BARRELS.

OIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO CIVILIZATION.

ANCIENT CULTURES USED IT TO BIND MATERIALS

AND ALSO AS A WATERPROOFING SEALANT