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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.
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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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Visual Capitalist. (July 22, 2022). Volume of fossil fuels consumed over a lifetime by the average person in the United States as of 2021, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322406/fossil-fuel-use-over-a-lifetime-in-the-us/
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