Guns in schools? Drinking and driving? Leaving cars and homes unlocked? Smoking areas for high school students? Yep, all once totally normal in El Paso and Texas in general once upon a time.
Explore the perplexing disparity between oil production and gas prices in the Permian Basin. Why do residents pay more for fuel despite living in a major oil supply region?
There are laws prohibiting using mobile phones while pumping gas in the US. However, according to the Petroleum Equipment Institute, there has been no documented case of a cellphone starting a fire at a gas station. The guys from the popular tv show Mythbusters even tried to make it happen to no avail.