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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: KyrosL who wrote (193818)7/14/2012 9:59:44 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 542454
 


The global economy consumes approximately 30 billion barrels of oil (1.2 trillion U.S. gallons or 4.8×109 m3) each year. [5] Numbers of this magnitude are difficult to conceive by most educated people. [4] [6] The volume occupied by one trillion U.S. gallons is about one cubic mile. Crane felt that a cubic mile would be an easier concept for the general public than a trillion gallons.

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