Pfft!
Crude is a gift from the Almighty.
Just over half goes to make gasoline.
Crude is used to make everything from highways to surgical plastics to fertilizers.
Pfft!
Agree. Crude is the most efficient energy source we have available on Earth. I believe more than 6,000 products come from crude oil. And get this, the equipment and machines that manufacture ethanol... use many crude oil products including diesel, gasoline, oil, lubricants, plastics, rubber, paints etc. In other words, without the crude there would be no ethanol manufacturing!