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Currently, two and a half percent of gross domestic product worldwide is comprised of oil, and it makes for a full third of our collective primary energy supply. Each day, the United States of America alone brings in approximately 9 million barrels of oil. In the hands of an oil production company, each barrel that contains 42 gallons is capable of becoming 19.4 gallons of gasoline.

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