"in the United States, something like 178 million gallons of gasoline is consumed everyday."(US Oil Consumption)
The U.S. uses 46% of the total worldwide use of gasoline. The US consumes 400 million gallons of gasoline per day. That translates to about 869 million gallons consumed worlwide per day.
Yes. Gasoline is very poisonous if consumed. Under no circumstances should you ingest or breathe gasoline.
You won't get drunk when you consume gasoline. But you will get killed if consumed in large quantity.
a lot is consumed in 1 year :)
2000000 pounds
500 billion liters
Regulations in the US and Europe limit the benzene content in gasoline to 1% by volume.
Gasoline can generate roughly 20K BTU/lbm. There are 6 lbm per US gallon.
In 2009, the US national average cost of one gallon of regular gasoline was $2.35
In Connecticut regular gasoline is going for $2.71 per US gallon today.
After my estimate approx. 25 000 tonnes each year.