From Lipstick to Aspirin · From Tennis Rackets to TV Sets
A single 42-gallon barrel of crude oil yields only 19.4 gallons of gasoline. The rest — over half — is transformed into more than 6,000 products that define modern life.
Source: American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Energy Information Administration · Ranken Energy Corporation
Petroleum derivative
"When people talk about reducing oil use, they almost always mean transportation fuel. But more than half of every barrel refined never reaches a gas tank — it becomes the hospital supplies, the clothing, the electronics, the food supply infrastructure, and the construction materials that modern civilization depends on."
Responsible Energy Council for KnowOil.org · Product data: American Petroleum Institute · Barrel composition: U.S. EIA