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To: sylvester80 who wrote (409661)5/27/2003 7:43:44 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 769670
 
sylvester,

Re: BTW, it takes 1.5 gallons of crude oil AND 6 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of gasoline.

That's a tad bit of an overgeneralization, IMHO. The yield of gasoline depends on the specific gravity of the feedstock. Moreover, the process water is not "consumed" by the process.