Bruce Campbell Adamson P.O. Box 3511, Santa Cruz, CA, 95063-

Work by Bruce Adamson September 24, 2026 on a small example of how jet fuel is being abused by millions of citizens of the human race. This is just a sample of what has been going on for the past 100 years. Jet Fuel leukemia the cancer has been found to be developed by jet fuel. So are you glad to be a member of the "jet set?" so wrote Igor Cassini while working for the Hearst News corporation

The Los Angeles Rams used approximately 138,000 gallons of jet fuel for the round-trip charter flight between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. [1] Rams used 16 cubic miles of space while the 49ers used 19 miles of cubic space miles.

Flight and Fuel Breakdown
An Airbus A380 burns about 4,600 gallons of jet fuel per hour of flight. [1]

Leg of Flight Approximate Duration Fuel Consumed
Los Angeles (LAX) to Melbourne (MEL) 15 hours 69,000 gallons
Melbourne (MEL) to Los Angeles (LAX) 15 hours 69,000 gallons
Total Round Trip 30 hours 138,000 gallons
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This calculation is based on the standard petroleum industry measurement where 1 barrel of crude oil equals exactly 42 US gallons: [1]

140,000 gallons ÷ 42 = 3,333.33 barrels Rams & 49ers used each used

160,000 gallons ÷ 42 = 3,809.52 barrels

An atmospheric or cosmic volume of 18,715.2 cubic miles equates to a spherical bubble of space extending roughly 16.47 miles in radius from its central point.

To put its scale into perspective when comparing it to Earth:

Extremely tiny compared to Earth: The entire planet Earth has a total volume of approximately 268 billion cubic miles, meaning 18,715.2 cubic miles represents less than 0.000007% of the planet's total volume. Yet this has been going on for more than 100 years. We must add diesel fuel, propane, and natural gas into the equation and the rest of the world.

For every two gallons of gas, everyone of the 250 million Americans are taking out a square cubic foot of the earth. For it takes seven gallons of oil to make two gallons of gasoline, roughly.

For JET FUEL it takes a barrel of oil to produce 3 to 4 gallons of Jet Fuel.
Yes, the back-to-back earthquakes that struck Venezuela happened generally in the northern coastal areas near where the country's oil infrastructure operates. The twin quakes (magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5) hit along the northern boundary where the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates meet.

Flying 1,000 miles requires between 100 and 6,000 gallons of jet fuel, depending heavily on the aircraft size. If you were to fly as the crow flys to Australia it would require enough fuel for 14,000 miles seven thousand miles each way. The total oil use would be about 4,666 barrels of oil each barrel has 50 gallons of oil. A barrel of oil is almost 7 cubic square feet of space from our earth.

A 12,000-mile flight, then, requires 80,000 gallons of fuel. Divided among equally among the passengers, How much space of cubic space has the world taken out for the past 100 years?

Commercial Airliners: A typical narrow-body jet (like an Airbus A320 or Boeing 737) burns about 1,500 to 2,000 gallons. Per passenger, this averages out to just 3 to 5 gallons per mile.

Private Jets: A smaller, light private jet (like a Citation) will burn roughly 100 to 150 gallons per hour, using about 400 to 600 gallons for a 1,000-mile trip. Larger private jets require 1,200 to 1,500 gallons.

Small Propeller Planes: A general aviation, single-engine aircraft (like a Piper or Cessna) will use only 75 to 125 gallons for that same distance.
So when you see people complaining about long waits at the airport Do Not feel sorry for them.

Venezuela primarily drills for oil in two major regions: the onshore Orinoco Belt (housing the world's largest recoverable reserves) and the lake and coastal areas of Lake Maracaibo.

1. The Orinoco Oil Belt (Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco)
Located in central-eastern Venezuela (spanning the states of Guárico, Anzoátegui, Monagas, and Delta Amacuro), this is an onshore mega-field holding the bulk of the country's vast extra-heavy crude reserves. [1, 2, 3]

Key Fields: Carabobo, Junín, Ayacucho, and Boyacá.
Operators: State-run PDVSA in joint ventures with international firms like Chevron.

2. Lake Maracaibo Basin
Located in northwestern Venezuela (Zulia state), this is the country's historic petroleum heartland. Operations include both onshore wells ringing the lake and thousands of offshore oil platforms and pumpjacks directly over the water. [1, 2]
Operators: PDVSA, along with foreign operators like Chevron and France's Maurel & Prom. [1, 2]

3. Offshore Operations
While limited compared to onshore, Venezuela also explores and drills for natural gas and crude offshore.
Key Area: The Plataforma Deltana, an offshore natural gas and oil field straddling the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago.
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Bruce Campbell Adamson
P.O. Box 3511, Santa Cruz, CA, 95063