Science 2.0 - Official site of Science 2.0® - The world's best scientists, the Internet's smartest readers. The wisdom of Oz - Times Online. YIKES!! ~ Everyday Simplicity. With gas prices rising, there's lots of talk about how to be more efficient with the car.
There's car pooling. There's doing errands in a strategized way (no more zig-zagging around town). Some are taking the bus to work, and yesterday I saw a neighbor rolling a shiny new wheelie cart of groceries home from the store. These are all great things, but Big Oil impacts our daily lives much more than in our gas tanks. According to Rankin Energy, one 42-gallon barrel of oil creates 19.4 gallons of gasoline. A partial list of products made from petroleum.