$5 billion a year on energy research.

約 50 億美金來進行能源研究

I decided that looking at what we spend on gasoline

我決定來瞧瞧我們在汽油的消耗上

might be an interesting comparison

也許可以反映出

to see how serious we are about energy research.

我們對於能源研究的形式有多嚴苛

We take the number of cars on the road: 250 million cars.

我們假設全美公路有 2.5 億輛車

You probably fill up every 10 days or so.

大約每 10 天加一次油

We've got 25 million fill-ups per day.

如此每天會有 2500 萬次的加油情況

Now let's say your car holds 13 gallons.

現在我們來假設每輛車油箱油量為 13 加侖

That's 325 million gallons every day.

這相當於每天都要消耗 3.25 億加侖的汽油

The price has been going down but still about $2.50.

雖然油價下降，但還是落在約 2.5 美金左右

And so we get about $813 million per day on gasoline.

因此我們可知全美支出的汽油費用約 8.13 億美金

Multiply by 7 and we get close to $6 billion.

將這數字乘以 7 的話，就將近 60 億美金

The actual number is about $6.4 billion so this is very close.

實際數字大概是 64 億美金左右，相當接近

But the result is pretty stunning.

但令人相當震驚的是

We spend more in a week on gasoline here than we spend

我們一週的汽油花費就遠遠超出

on the entire energy research budget.

能源研究的預算了