Why should I give a rip…about OPEC

The Jackson 10 movie theater plays a new Channing Tatum movie and teen girls from Stockbridge flock to see it. Actually, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) determines whether anyone can afford to travel to the movies in Jackson. The distribution of gas controls many aspects of everyday life.

Each day, 18.89 billion barrels of gas are consumed in the USA according to the U.S. Information Administration. OPEC makes money by lowering prices of barrels of gas for periods of time, before rising it back to crush teens’ dreams of a somewhat cheap trip to the movie theater.