Ancient Persians, 10th century Sumatrans and pre-Columbian Indians all believed that crude oil had medicinal benefits. The sun is an average star and is approximately 4.5 billion years old. It is almost 1.4 million kilometers in diameter, slightly over 100 times the density is about 1.5 times that of water, although it varies tremendously from being practically a vacuum at the surface to being 15 times denser than lead at its core. As the Earth's surface is warmed differentially, the air above these surfaces absorbs different amounts of heat. Warmer air rises while cool air sinks which creates the environment for flowing air movement.
Winds flow across parallels of latitude, taking heat from equatorial regions to polar regions.
This equalizing process causes wind and is of major importance in determining the environments for life on land, global as well as local weather patterns, and a clean, inexpensive source of energy for humans. Besides being the home of Tabasco Sauce, Avery Island has a fascinating natural history. The salt was created in a narrow sea during the early stages in the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. This salt was later buried by sandy and muddy deposits. These accumulated deposits also contained organic material that has been converted to petroleum and natural gas.