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Rubber, plastic, nylon, aerosols, resins, solvents, and lubricants, none can exist without oil; the secrets of oil and the many products it has spawned; oil refinery in California; chemical weapons suits; making asphalt; blending jet fuel; Vaseline.

Catering to more than twenty million truckers, truck stops are bigger and better than ever; these mega-pit stops are essential to the trucks and truckers that haul eight billion tons of freight annually.

Trucks transport a staggering 70 percent of all the nation's goods; looking at the amazingly diverse world of American trucks and the colorful men and women who drive them.

A jet truck that can travel 300 mph; the Baltimore Technical Assistance Response Unit's mobile command truck; a garbage truck with an articulated arm; how SWAT, bomb squad, HAZMAT, and crime scene specialty trucks are built.

Explore the world of monster trucks, mechanical beasts weighing 10,000 pounds that entertain audiences with raw power; go behind the scenes to meet the drivers who race these mammoth vehicles in spectacular competitions.

Set the sedan's safety brake and hop on your "hog" for a 2-hour high-speed history of the motorcycle--from the 1868 "steam velocipede" to the early 20th century, when they were a low-cost alternative to automobiles.

Traces the history and evolution of the world's most important fossil fuel; without gasoline, modern life would grind to a halt.