Oil 101: 8/14
…“On top of that. Every economic miracle of the last 150 years was underwritten by this invisible workforce.
What does this actually look like at an individual level?
Oil alongside gas and coal has made the average person significantly richer than historical royalty.
The average American uses roughly 40 barrels of oil equivalents of oil, gas, and coal combined, compared to a global average today of around 10 barrels of oil per person…
Jonathan Schofield
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