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1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Provides an overview of what gasoline is and how it is refined, transported, and used. Describes the history of its use from the 1850s, when gas was a bothersome byproduct of extracting kerosene from crude oil to the coming of the automobile and gasoline's ongoing importance in today's economy. Shows how heat and chemicals are used to "crack" the long chains of hydrocarbons in crude oil to create gasoline and follows the finished fuel through networks of pipelines to terminals where it is loaded onto tanker trucks for delivery to local gas stations. Examines the future of fuel, where alternative sources like hydrogen fuel cells and biodiesel may eventually replace gas at the top of the power pyramid.
produced by Actuality Productions ; Hearst Entertainment for the History Channel.
Originally telecast on the History Channel as a segment of the program Modern marvels.