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  A recent National Geographic article, "The End of Cheap Oil" warned that when oil prices rise, every transported product also becomes more expensive. Food, for example, travels an average of 1,300 miles from farm to plate. The article noted that it takes almost a gallon of oil to make one pound of beef, and nearly 7 gallons to make one tire. Oil is also used to make medical implants, computers, and fertilizers. And 90% of all organic chemicals come from oil (including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and plastics). The 20 million barrels of oil per day consumed in the US goes for: Transportation 68%, Agriculture and Industry	24%, Residential Heat 4%, Commercial Heat	2%, and Generating Electricity 2% according to the BP Statistical Review.