The plot of a film consists of all the events and characters that are represented directly during the course of the film; the story is a broader set of events and characters, some of which are contained within the plot and others that are alluded to but not shown in the film.
How much gasoline does the United States consume? In 2016, about 143.37 billion gallons (or about 3.41 billion barrels1) of finished motor gasoline were consumed2 in the United States, a daily average of about 391.73 million gallons (or about 9.33 million barrels per day).3 This was the largest amount of annual motor gasoline consumption on record. 1 There are 42 U.S. gallons in a barrel.
Reduce Climate Change. Highway vehicles release about 1.7 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere each yearâmostly in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2)âcontributing to global climate change. Each gallon of gasoline you burn creates 20 pounds of GHG. That's roughly 6 to 9 tons of GHG each year for a typical vehicle.