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Who is Really Raising Gas Prices?

Gas prices in the US and worldwide have increased dramatically in the past year. This leads many to believe that oil companies are trying to get as much money as possible from their consumers. Considering the fact that almost everyone on the planet uses oil to power their cars, homes and business, this does not seem just. Given all of the news on rising petroleum crude oil prices these days, one cannot help but think that oil comes from oil companies. However, the simple fact is that oil comes from rocks and not from oil companies.

As a matter of fact, rocks are a very important source of energy from the coal rocks that powered the steam engines in the 19th century Industrial Revolution to the petroleum crude oil found in rocks that powers the internal combustion engines of the 20th and 21st centuries. About petroleum, one can hate it or love it, but one can hardly ignore it or escape from it because of the many very important uses for it ranging from fuels to chemicals to medicines to plastics which make up our modern world. Thus, it`s something that`s worthy of our attention.

Given all of the above, a company called "ONTA" which is a geology and not an oil company has come up with a practical and simple way of presenting petroleum crude oil in a more natural and friendly way to everyone who uses it so that it no longer remains one of life`s mysteries. Thus, one can now learn all about petroleum crude oil in a fast, fun, affordable, clean and safe way with their new and timely educational "Oil Rock Set". This basic set of two rocks comes with an oil source rock from which petroleum crude oil was formed and an oil reservoir rock in which petroleum crude oil is found.