2:37Long-form

Big Oil RIPS YOU OFF -- via Unfair Mathematics

United StatesPublished February 22, 2009

Views 177K  |  Likes 3.19K  |  Comments 641
Views#6,654,605Global
Views#1,405,265United States

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4.09M subs•2.51K videos•Jan 2007

This video has 177K views and 3.19K likes, ranking #6,654,605 globally among tracked YouTube videos by view count.

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Views

177,260

Likes

3,190

Comments

641

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Engagement rate

Revenue estimate

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Total (all-time): $124 – $355

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

About

In which John discusses rounding in math and how oil companies use it to cheat you out of millions of pennies on your gasoline purchases. You can email exxon here: http://www.exxonmobil.com/Imports/contactus/contactus_contact.aspx This is the letter I wrote them: Dear Exxon, My name is John Green. I am a novelist and …

Published
February 22, 2009
Made for kids
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