The average U.S. person consumes nearly 237 metric tons worth of petroleum products over their lifetime. As of 2021, a consumer in the United States who lives to be 80 years-old would use a significant amount of petroleum products, such as motor fuels, and oil used as feedstock in pharmaceuticals and plastics.
Volume of fossil fuels consumed over a lifetime by the average person in the United States as of 2021, by type
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