1. The Lowdown on Rising Gas Prices
In the U.S., we consume approximately 20 million barrels of oil products every day, according to the Department of Energy. Just less than half of that amount is used for motor gasoline, with the rest of it going toward distillate fuel oil, jet fuel and residual fuel among other things. Each barrel holds 42 gallons of oil, which makes about 20 gallons of gasoline, which means that Americans consume around 178 million gallons every single day. It's customary for the price of gas to increase in the warmer months, just as we are all piling into our cars in search of sunny shores. The increased dem...
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