Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8
degree Celsius) around the world since 1880, much of this in
recent decades, according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies. The U. S. is the top oil consuming nation, using about
25% of total world oil production. The Earth has been around for
4.6 billion years. Scaling this time down to 46 years we have
been around for 4 hours and our Industrial Revolution began just
1 minute ago. During this short time period we have ransacked
the planet to get fuels and raw materials. - The 500 million
automobiles on earth burn an average of 2 gallons of fuel a day.
- Each gallon of fuel releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into
the air. - Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the
world each ear ends up in the ocean.